March 2010
Mar 8: ECO:nomics: Creating Environmental Capital
Mar 5: Energy Secretary Steven Chu on the hot seat for Yucca Mountain defunding
Mar 1: Broader fight needed over Yucca Mountain decision
Mar 1: Don't sue over Yucca -
Decision on nuclear waste storage must not rest with courts
February 2010
February 26: Reid Calls for Comprehensive Bill ASAP
February 26: McCain: Obama rhetoric on nuclear 'contradicted' by actions
February 25: Feds will recommend killing Yucca next week, nuke director says
February 22: Contradictory actions
Editorial: Nuclear energy can't expand without a nuclear-waste site On Tuesday, President Barack Obama announced that his administration would back loans to build nuclear power plants. The construction, if it comes to pass, would be the first in nearly 30 years.
February 20: Nuclear Waste on Native American Reservations
February 20: Aiken County suing feds over Yucca Mountain : AIKEN - Aiken County officials have filed suit against the federal government over its plans to pull the plug on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste disposal site in Nevada.
February 17, 2010 — Nuclear plants prompt negative reaction:
President Barack Obama’s efforts to lure climate change votes by embracing nuclear power are drawing fire from both the left and the right.
February 17, 2010 —Obama's nuclear power push faces obstacle: Waste President Obama's announcement Tuesday of loan guarantees for nuclear power plants may encourage new construction, but a problem still remains that has plagued atomic energy for decades: what to do with nuclear waste?
February 16, 2010 — South Carolina governor protests Yucca termination: Legal options sought to force go-ahead of project — WASHINGTON -- South Carolina's governor is protesting the Obama administration's planned termination of the Yucca Mountain Project, including asking the state's attorney general to "pursue every legal action possible" to stop the shutdown
February 11, 2010 — NRC nominees won't stand in way of Yucca Mountain shutdown — WASHINGTON -- Three officials nominated to fill seats on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission indicated this week that they would not stand in the way of a shutdown of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste program — Stephens Washington Bureau
February 11, 2010 — State losing more jobs in Yucca shutdown — RJ.com
February 10, 2010 — Energy Department pulls water applications for Yucca rail line: Agency wanted wells to build rail line to Yucca Mountain — In what is the strongest sign to date that it will abandon the Yucca Mountain Project, the Department of Energy on Tuesday withdrew 116 water applications it had filed with the State Engineer for building a rail line to haul nuclear waste to the mountain from Caliente — RJ.com
February 08, 2010 — Yucca Mountain seen as possible reprocessing site — A devastating blow last week to a plan to bury nuclear waste under Yucca Mountain has bolstered another controversial idea: reprocessing nuclear waste at the same location on the Nevada Test Site
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February 07, 2010 — Harry Reid leads push to end nuke waste project Nevada never wanted: WASHINGTON — After all the years spent fighting the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, a phone call on a Wednesday in July between the Senate majority leader and the new energy secretary turned the tide— Las Vegas Sun
February 07, 2010 —What’s next for Yucca? Restoration— Las Vegas Sun
February 05, 2010 — Energy chief defends Yucca Mountain determination WASHINGTON -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu on Thursday defended the decision to terminate the Yucca Mountain program, telling senators at a budget hearing the Nevada repository plan is being set aside in a search for "better solutions" — Stephens Washington Bureau Feb 3: Yucca's 625 workers face uncertain futures
Feb 3: PSC tells Washington what it thinks of costly Yucca waste project
Feb 3: Perspective: Obama wakes up to nuclear energy
Feb 3: From ‘Cap and Trade’ to ‘Smoke and Mirrors- Obama’s Radioactive Feint to the Right
Feb 3: Lowden and Tarkanian Hit Las Vegas Campaign Trail
Feb 2: White House plan to scratch nuclear waste site plays to mixed reviews
Feb 2: Harry Reid seeks alternative uses for Yucca Mountain
Feb 1: NY Times: Interactive: Obama's 2011 Budget Proposal: How It's Spent
Feb 1: NASA budget info
Feb 1: OSTP blog
Feb 1: FY 2011 Presidents budget
January 2010
Jan 31: Reid: Budget would eliminate Yucca Mountain funds
Jan 31: What Harry Reid may face after June’s primary
Jan 29: Secretary Chu Announces Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future - The Commission, led by Lee Hamilton and Brent Scowcroft, will provide recommendations on managing used fuel and nuclear waste
Jan 28: Is It Just Politics?
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Consultant Rex Massey and Governor Bob List attend Yucca Mountain Licensing Hearings.
Jan 27: Energy leader to reveal Yucca expert panel Friday
Jan 27: Yucca project assailed
Jan 26: Licensing Procedures Move Forward on Yucca Mountain
Jan 20: Yucca Mountain Decision Ignores Science
Jan 20: Obama’s flunking science
Jan 20: U.S. says wind could power 20 percent of eastern grid
Jan 15: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary Matt Frank touts climate control legislation
Jan 15: Nuclear power: Wonder of new technology may be a dangerous diversion
Jan 15: 2nd UPDATE: Loan-Guarantee Program To Be Sped Up
Jan 15: Blumenthal eyes U.S. Senate
Jan 14: Chu, Orszag at Odds Over Yucca Funding
Jan 14: Court Rules for Utilities in Nuclear Waste Case
Jan 13: Nuclear Utility Awarded More Than $50 Million For Partial Breach Of Contract Claim
Jan 12: Green Ink: Shallow Gas, Electric Cars, and the Future of Yucca Mountain
Jan 12: U.S. Can’t Cite Delays to Defend Nuclear Waste Suits (Update1)
Jan 12: White House aide speaks up for nuclear energy
Jan 11:Federal Nuclear Judges Affirm Citizen Intervention Jan 11: Against New Nuclear Power Reactors on Florida Jan 11: Nature Coast
Decision Relegates Hottest Waste in Question to Orphan Status
Jan 09: Dr. Edwin X. Berry and MG Paul E. Vallely – Why Jan 09: we support nuclear power and why you should too
Jan 09: Yucca Haunts Admin's Lagging Efforts on Nuclear Waste Study Panel
Jan 02: Wil Hylton: Why Obama Should Rethink the Closure of Yucca Mountain
