NRC rejects Nevada petition to change 1990 waste decision

Washington (Platts)--16Aug2005

NRC rejected Nevada's requested change to the 1990 waste confidence decision,
saying it didn't find the state's arguments persuasive enough to reopen the
issue. That Waste Confidence finding stated that the commission believed there
was reasonable assurance that at least one mined geologic repository would be
available by 2025. Nevada asserted in its March 1 petition that the rule
prejudges the outcome of the adjudicatory proceedings for a repository at
Yucca Mountain, Nev. because DOE would not have enough time to develop another
repository by that date if NRC denied the department's application. In an Aug.
10 decision, the commission said it would reevaluate the 2025 availability
date if it denied a license for Yucca Mountain and DOE abandoned the site.

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