Yucca Mountain proposal deemed safe but is not recommended
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.028609
Nature : On 29 January, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released the final two volumes of its technical analysis of the Department of Energy’s proposal to use Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a nuclear waste repository. Although the report indicates that DOE’s plan is sound, the NRC does not recommend going ahead with the construction. President Obama abandoned the project five years ago. Yet a federal court ruled that the NRC had to continue the study while it still had funds to do so. Even if Congress were to provide more funding for the next step (a further analysis of ecological impacts), the local governments in Nevada are openly resistant to selling the land to the federal government. Without that land, construction cannot begin.
