Last week , the House Energy and Water Development Subcommittee marked up and reported to full committee the DOE FY2010 Appropriations Bill. While the Sustainable Fuel Cycle Task Force (SFCTF) is gratified that the Subcommittee continues to support the project,  SFCTF is disappointed that funding for the Yucca Project was not increased.

SFCTF continues to believe [...]

In an apparent two-for-one arrangement,and what is sure to make for an interesting Senate confirmation hearing, the White House announced its intent to nomination of Pete Miller as the Obama Administration’s new DOE OCRWM Director. Previously, the White House announced its nomination of Pete Miller as DOE Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy.  According to the [...]

As the House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Subcommittee prepares to markup the DOE FY2010 Energy and Water Development bill, a bipartisan group of some 25 House members sent a Dear Colleague letter to Energy Secretary urging support for the continuation of the Yucca Mountan project.  Mnay of the House members that signed the Dear [...]

According to press reports, the Congressional Research Service Senior Energy Policy Expert Mark Holt, in a presentation this week to the U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (USNWTRB), told the Board that, if the Yucca Mountain Project were halted without a change in law, the Federal government probably would face more lawsuits from nuclear utilities [...]

According to news reports, the Western Governors, while meeting this week at their annual conference in Park City, Utah, adopted a resolution that seeks to deter the Federal government and private energy companies from building any interim storage facilities for spent fuel in the Western U.S.
In their resolution, the 19 governors said any interim storage [...]

“That was a mistake. Yucca Mountain, if properly designed and operated, could provide a safe place for permanent disposal of nuclear waste. Canceling the Yucca Mountain repository will throw the entire nuclear waste program into doubt, and it is likely that it will be decades before the United States can settle on another [...]

The House GOP has introduced The American Energy Act, an “all-of-the-above” solution that offers more affordable energy, more well-paying jobs, energy independence, and a cleaner environment.
PROMOTING NEW, CLEAN AND RELIABLE SOURCES OF ENERGY
Nuclear: The 104 nuclear reactors in America today provide the United States with 20 percent of its electricity and 73 percent of its [...]

The Heritage Foundation has laid out a Five-point Market-based plan for the Renaissance.  Two of the planks (#3 & #4) revolve around a sustainable fuel cycle, including remaining “committed to scientific conclusions on Yucca Mountain.”  The cited recommendations are below.  The full report can be viewed at http://www.heritage.org/Research/EnergyandEnvironment/wm2475.cfm=

3. Remain [...]