Nevada sues DOE, Energy Secretary Bodman over Yucca Mountain

Washington (Platts)--22Mar2006

Nevada has sued DOE and Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman in an effort to obtain
two versions of the department's draft license application for a nuclear waste
repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The lawsuit, filed today in US District
Court for the northern district of Nevada, said that DOE has no legal basis
for withholding that information. Robert Loux, executive director of the
state's nuclear waste office, said, "We want to see this document because we
believe it will show that the repository is unsafe after 10,000 years, if not
before. There isn't a privilege in the world that should shield this from
Nevada's citizens." Nevada, which opposes the repository, went to court after
failing to obtain the document through other avenues, including two requests
to DOE from Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, a Republican, and a follow-up request
from him to President George W. Bush; a Freedom of Information Act request
filed with DOE; and litigation before a special NRC licensing board. DOE has
maintained the information is subject to various legal privileges and does not
have to be released.

 

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