Yucca Mountain Articles- 2001
In 2001, DOE submitted the Yucca Mt. Environmental Impact Statement and a highly controversial Preliminary Site Suitability Evaluation.
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Tribune, 12/29/01- PG&E's Dry Storage Plan Las Vegas City Life, 12/21/01What Spencer Abraham Missed
Las Vegas Sun, 12/18/01- More concerns on Yucca groundwater
Las Vegas RJ, 12/18/01- Nevada Sues Energy Department
Las Vegas RJ, 12/18/01- NAS Committee Airs Repository Complaints
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Dec. 13, 2001- Abraham's Surprise Visit to Vegas Hearing
New York Times (AP), 12/11/01- Nevada Nuke Waste Site Challenged
Las Vegas Sun, Dec. 11, 2001-Ferraro receives Berkley Barrage on Yucca Job
Las Vegas Sun, Dec. 10, 2001- GAO report says lawsuits could hit $50 billion
Washington Post, Dec. 10, 2001- DOE Amends Rules on Nevada Nuclear Waste Site
Las Vegas Sun, Dec. 6, 2001- Outspoken handful of Yucca critics at Vegas hearing
Las Vegas Sun, Dec. 6, 2001- U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges pro-Yucca decision
Las Vegas Sun, Dec. 5, 2001- Jon Ralston: Pols jockey for position in Yucca battle
Las Vegas Sun, Nov. 30, 2001- Congressional Audit Slams Yucca Project
Las Vegas RJ, Nov.30, 2001- Officials Rip Plan to Store Nuclear Waste
Las Vegas Sun, Nov. 15, 2001- Rural Radiation Exposure Feared
Las Vegas RJ, Nov. 2, 2001, NV Gov. Guinn wants new nuke transportation safety study, after Baltimore tunnel fire.
Las Vegas RJ, Nov. 2, 2001, Is NRC Leaking Docs to DOE?
Las Vegas Sun, Nov. 1, 2001- Congress has set Feb. 28 as the deadline for recommending Yucca Mountain
Las Vegas RJ on Reno NV PSSE hearing.
Las Vegas RJ on Pahrump NV PSSE heaing, Oct. 12, 2001
Las Vegas RJ on Amargosa NV PSSE hearing, October 10, 2001
Las Vegas Sun on Carson City NV PSSE hearling, Oct. 4, 2001
Pahrump Valley Times, Mel Bauer, Nye County Commissioners , 9/12/01
PSSE Press Release- For Press Conference at Amargosa, NV Yucca Mt. Preliminary Site Suitability Evaluation Hearing
Channel 8 KLAS report , Sept. 5, 2001, on Las Vegas PSSE hearing, featuring the HOME garden wheelbarrow!
Las Vegas PSSE Hearing- September 5, 2001- attended by 550, but only a fraction were able to speak.
Protest on Las Vegas Strip- Press report on Labor Day street theatre in Las Vegas. HOME worked with Citizen Alert to plan an event that was the lead story on all TV channels all day, September 4, 2001
Yucca Mt. Reports & Tools
GAO Final Report, Las Vegas RJ, 12/22/01 General Accounting Office of Congress advises that site is not ready for recommendation.
GAO Draft Report on Yucca Mountain Project Site Recommendation
Inspector General Report on DOE Contractors and Conflict of Interest
Free-Market Study on Fuel Storage Alternatives
"Accounting for Government-Owned Nuclear Materials Provided to Domestic Facilities", 10/01/01
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability Education & Action packet on Yucca Mountain 12/01
Nuke Waste For Dummies- Las Vegas Mercury, 10/26/01
PSSE Talking Points- Information for commenting on Yucca Mountain Preliminary Site Suitability Evaluation
Energy in Decay: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Robert Alvarez, June/July 2000. Must read- Pertains to all DOE sites.
Nevada Agency for Nuclear Project's petition to NRC on sabotage threats to waste shipments, filed June, 1999