Hope Is Not Enough: The Path to Waste Confidence
From Yucca Mountain to reactor design certifications and post-Fukushima reforms, incoming Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) chair Allison Macfarlane has a multitude of issues before her…. Read More
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Questions the Senate Should Ask NRC Nominee Allison Macfarlane
The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing tomorrow on the nomination of Allison Macfarlane and the re-nomination of Kristine Svinicki… Read More
There’s More to the Story on Obama’s Pick for America’s Top Nuclear Regulator
Last week, President Barack Obama announced that he would nominate Dr. Allison Macfarlane, a nuclear waste expert from George Mason University, as the United States’… Read More
Blue Ribbon Commission on Nuclear Energy Misses Chance at Real Reform
The President’s Blue Ribbon Commission (BRC) on America’s Nuclear Future released its final report late last week. It provides a thoughtful overview of how America’s… Read More
Dubious Anniversary for NRC, Yucca Mountain, and U.S. Nuclear Power
On June 28, 2010, the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board—a three-judge panel charged with conducting licensing hearings for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)—rejected the Department… Read More
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Won’t Release Unredacted Yucca Documents
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is refusing to release an unredacted version of its safety evaluation reports on Yucca Mountain, leaving the conclusions unknown to the… Read More
Upton Expects Bipartisan House Vote to Reaffirm Support for Yucca Project
House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) said there is bipartisan support in Congress to move forward with the nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Mountain,… Read More
Obama’s Transparency on Science Doesn’t Include Nuclear
Today the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology released a comprehensive report that details the Obama Administration’s attempt to prematurely and unnecessarily shut down… Read More
NRC Censors Flub Opportunity to Move Yucca Debate Forward
As a result of a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, The Heritage Foundation today obtained the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Yucca Mountain Volume III… Read More
The Jaczko Fiasco
Controversy continues to grow around Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s unilateral decision to order the NRC staff to stop its work on Yucca Mountain. … Read More
