Closing Yucca Mountain : Litigation Associated with Attempts to Abandon the Planned Nuclear Waste Repository.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental law.

Fuel.

Actions and defenses.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (32 p), digital, PDF file)

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2012.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Reviews litigation associated with attempts to abandon planned nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev., which has been proposed as a location to store spent nuclear fuel. Examines issues related to establishing permanent geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste and spent nuclear fuel, and discusses Obama Administration opposition to use of Yucca Mountain site. Summarizes Congressional reaction to proposed termination of the Yucca Mountain facility, and considers future prospects for Yucca Mountain site.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Apr. 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. Closing Yucca Mountain

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