DOE's repository license submittal date not expected before 2006
Washington (Platts)--4May2005
It could be early 2006 before DOE sends a repository license application to NRC, according to projections by attorneys for the DOE nuclear waste program. During a session today before a special NRC licensing board, attorney Donald Irwin didn't dispute the board's projection today that DOE would certify in late July or August that all repository-relevant documents were publicly available through a Web-based databank. DOE will submit an application to NRC at least six months later, Irwin said. But he added that some of the factors that would influence the submittal date, such as when a new Environmental Protection Agency standard would be available for the nuclear waste disposal facility planned for Yucca Mountain, Nev., were out of DOE's control. DOE announced late last year it could not meet its self-imposed December 2004 deadline for sending an application to NRC, but it has not yet officially announced a new target date.
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