Energy secretary nominee Chris Wright during his confirmation hearing. (Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee screengrab) “Can Nevadans count on you to acknowledge that the failed Yucca ...

View of Yucca Mountain showing coring activities in 2006. (U.S. Department of Energy Photo) A victory by Donald Trump in November could revive America’s long-shuttered nuclear weapons testing program ...

Plans to turn Yucca Mountain into the country’s nuclear waste bin are at a standstill, but discussions of restarting the proposal have drawn concerns — and different opinions — from Nevada’s elected ...

U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., asked President-elect Donald Trump’s energy secretary nominee, Chris Wright, to acknowledge the “failed Yucca Mountain project is unworkable,” during his ...

Earlier this year, Sen. John Kerry told Nevada residents that he opposed the plan to store high-level nuclear waste at a repository inside Yucca Mountain, 100 miles from Las Vegas. But can a new ...

* Nuclear waste should not be scattered - lawmakers * Lawmakers question Energy Secy Chu about decision * Expert panel hearings on nuclear waste set for Thursday * Energy Dept says keeping all records ...

In March 2010 the Department of Energy informed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission -- the nation's independent nuclear regulatory body -- of its decision to withdraw the federal government's ...

Despite the politics surrounding Yucca Mountain and the Obama Administration’s policy to terminate the project, a federal court today held the executive branch to its chief role: executing the law.

Citations: Judd, Bruce. 1993. Integrated Test Evaluation Decision Framework for the Yucca Mountain Project. Proceedings of the International High-level Waste Management Meeting.