http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress Sustainable Fuel Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:48:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From the Response Briefs filed by those parties in opposition to the NRC's review of the ASLB June 29, 2010 Order and Memorandum denying DOE's motion to withdraw the Yucca Mountain license application, one of the main arguments made is that the three newly confirmed commissioners should fully recuse themselves ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=119 As the Blue Ribbon Commission held its first meeting in Washington last week, it was hard to discern what road not yet traveled would yield to any better result than the utter failure of the Federal Government's efforts over the last 50 years to successfully site a geologic repository. As ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=116 You would have to wonder what took so long for some of the elected officials in 121 communities and 39 states to stand up in opposition to the "leave where it is " policy of the administration on nuclear waste disposal.  In fact, it took three courageous individuals in Tri-Cities ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=112 The recent publicly disclosed deliberations of the NRC on the matter of revising the NRC Waste Confidence Rule, in which the NRC staff has proposed eliminating the requirement of an operating geologic repository by 2025 as a conditional basis for the NRC to derive confidence that spent fuel and high-level ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=106 The Next Yucca Mountain Are DOE's repository siting teams planning a visit to a town near you? If Yucca Mountain truly is, as Secretary of Energy Steven Chu proclaims, "no longer an option" then where is the next site for our Nation’s geologic repository? The most efficient path to identifying potential sites for ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=100 For months now, the Department of Energy has been working to establish a Blue Ribbon Panel which will evaluate options and provide a new policy course for how we manage and ultimately dispose of our spent nuclear fuel and high level waste. Yet, the recommendations of the yet to be ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=88 This week's House Budget Committee hearing appeared finally to unmask Energy Secretary Chu's decision that "Yucca is not an option" as both DOE and Department of Justice witnesses pitifully pleaded of being out-of-the-loop and unaware of any technical or scientific bases that would render Yucca Mountain as unsuitable as a ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=84 According to informed Capitol Hill sources, the House Rules Committee has apparently ruled out any consideration of Yucca related amendments when the House meets to consider the FY2010 Energy and Water Development bill, H.R. 3183.  Historoically, the House has always voted overwhemingly in favor of the project and House Democratic ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=80 In what appears to be a common sense approach, the House Appropriations Committee in its committee report accompanying the FY2010 Energy and Water Appropriations bill stated that the Blue Ribbon Commission review "should be based on scienitif ic information and scientific merit" and that it was diffcult to understand why ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=78 On Monday this week, newly-appointed NRC Chairman Jaczko delivered his first speech as chairman to an audience assembled at the Heritage Foundation. In what appeared to be intended as a low-key speech titled "A Decisive Regulator Built on a Firm Foundation", Chairman Jaczko outlined six broad areas that he would ... http://sustainablefuelcycle.com/wordpress/?p=75 rrr