Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2008-05-22 — To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with nuclear-fuel-recycling-licensing: The 2008 bill would have redirected Nuclear Waste Fund dollars — the same fund financing Yucca Mountain — toward private recycling grants, linking spent-fuel disposal financing with reprocessing policy. (novelty: 2)
- 2024-05-14 — Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2024: Jobs, Not Waste Act of 2024 (introduced, S bill) would bar DOE from licensing, planning, or constructing any nuclear waste repository until OMB reports to Congress comparing jobs and economic effects of siting at Yucca Mountain versus alternative sites. (novelty: 2)