Green Options » storing nuclear waste http://greenoptions.com/tag/storing-nuclear-waste Posts tagged 'storing nuclear waste' Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mtn. Clears Another Hurdle http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/30/nuclear-waste-at-yucca-clears-another-hurdle/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/30/nuclear-waste-at-yucca-clears-another-hurdle/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:16:47 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/09/30/nuclear-waste-at-yucca-clears-another-hurdle/ The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has established final radiation standards for the proposed spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste disposal facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

The EPA has determined that the final standards (pdf) for the planned Yucca Mountain high-level waste disposal facility are “fully protective of human health” and the repository will not be allowed to open unless it meets these requirements. >>More on Yucca Mountain at Green Options

Bipartisan opposition to EPA decision

The Las Vegas Sun reports Nevada’s two senators blasted the proposed rules for radiation protection because they were based on flawed science that put millions of people at risk. In a show of a state-based bipartisan solidarity both Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. John Ensign (R-NV) quickly reacted to the decision.

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