NRC construction license may serve as block for Yucca Mountain dump - Ely Times
The Yucca Mountain Project has survived Gov. Kenny Guinn's veto, but the Energy Department must clear another procedural test -- and another challenge from Nevada -- before it can begin building the nuclear waste repository. more
There was a time when Nevadans fought to get a nuclear dump - Ely Times
CARSON CITY -- Assemblyman Lloyd Mann introduced a resolution on Feb. 26, 1975, that said Nevada would welcome the creation of a nuclear waste repository at the Nevada Test Site.
Both houses of the Legislature overwhelmingly approved the resolution within weeks. They said the "people of Southern Nevada have confidence in the safety record" of the Atomic Energy Commission. more
Ely on Route for Test Site Nuclear Dump - Ely Times
Nuclear waste is being shipped through Ely now.
But this has nothing to do with Yucca Mountain or spent nuclear power plant fuel rods. And it's been going on for 25 years. more
Yucca Mountain Tour
Twenty-two residents of White Pine County had the opportunity to tour the Yucca Mountain Project on June 10, 2002. more
INEEL Tour
Members of the White Pine Nuclear Waste Project Office and the Nuclear Waste Advisory Board had the opportunity to tour the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) on May 13, 2002. more