Chairman Gordon’s Statement on DOE Yucca Mountain License Application
Washington, DC) – In response to an announcement today by the Department of Energy (DOE) that it has submitted a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) seeking authorization to construct America’s first repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, House Science and Technology Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) had the following statement:
“I welcome the Department of Energy’s announcement today regarding its submittal of a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to construct a deep geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain. This application is long overdue.”
“As Congress begins to consider climate change legislation, there is wide recognition that nuclear power will continue to supply a significant part of our electricity needs. Even if our country advances new nuclear technologies such as spent fuel reprocessing, establishing and building a permanent high level waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain is critical to dealing with existing spent fuel and to the future of nuclear energy in our country.”
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