Nuke Lobby Will Use Care With Reid

26 January 2007

PAHRUMP VALLEY TIMES (WASHINGTON, DC) — Alex Flint, senior vice president of government affairs at The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), said that the NIE does not plan to push Congress for bills this year to speed waste disposal at Yucca Mountain. However, the NEI will nurture policies that encourage new nuclear plant construction, and will work to get the Energy Department (DOE) enough money from Congress to meet a June 30, 2008 deadline to submit a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The license application initiates a formal review for Yucca Mountain . "Our eggs are in that basket," Flint said. Source: http://www.pahrumpvalleytimes.com/2007/Jan-26-Fri-2007/news/12198065.html (Reliability: 4)

Decision May Affect Waste Storage

19 January 2007
BRATTLEBORO REFORMER (BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT) —The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled in June 2006 that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) erred when it refused to consider the environmental effects of a terrorist attack on a proposed dry cask site at the San Luis Obispo nuclear power plant in California. The NRC appealed the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court. On 16 January 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the appeal. “This case establishes a precedent that could apply to any NRC licensing action," said Gordon Thompson of Mothers For Peace, one of the organizations that sued the NRC. Source: http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_5044640 (Reliability: 5)

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