2002 Yucca Mountain Issues

In mid-2002, the Dept. of Energy recommended the Yucca Mt. Repository, despite the urgings of many independent scientists, organizations, and even the US General Accounting Office. Review Senate vote.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 8/7/02- US Cuts Off Study of Long Term Waste Sites 
Science Daily, 8/1/02- Volcanic Hazard At Yucca Mountain Greater Than Previously Thought (American Geophysical Union http://www.agu.org/ )
Yahoo News, 7/26/02- Bush Signs Yucca Mt. Bill
Ananova.com, 7/24/02- US Spends $103 Million on Radiation-Loving Bug Research
Las Vegas RJ, 7/10/02- Nevada Pins Last Hopes on Courts  
Las Vegas RJ, 7/10/02- Activists & Shoshone Council Respond to Senate Vote
Las Vegas RJ, 6/29/02- Anti-Yucca Progress in US Senate 
Conference of Mayors Oppose Yucca Mt. Transportation, 6/15/02  
OnLine Journal, Bob Nichols, 6/10/02- Yucca: The Truth About Nuclear Fuel  
Korea Herald, 5/21/02- Great Plan- Put Nuclear Waste on Golf Courses!
MSNBC Special Report: Yucca Mt: A Radioactive Dilemma
St. Paul Pioneer Press,4/29/02- Yucca Mountain Nuclear Storage is Bad for Nevada and the Nation, by Bob Kerrey  
LVRJ, 4/28/02- Senate Nose Count on Yucca Issue
LVRJ, 4//25/02- Sisters, 10 & 11, Target Yucca Mt.
CS Monitor, 4/18/02- How Safe Is Safe?
CounterPunch, 4/17/02- A Year In the Life Of Spencer Abraham
Whole Life Times, March 02- Helen Caldicott- Fighting For Our Lives 
The Nation, 3/5/02- The Yucca Lemon
LV CityLife, 2/21/02- California, Here it comes!  
Final Yucca Mountain EIS. DOE is NOT going to make hard copies available- electronic distribution only. Also, there does not appear to be a record of decision.   
Las Vegas RJ, Saturday, February 16, 2002 Bush letter to Congress, Senate on Yucca Mt. Recommendation
Baltimore Sun, 2/11/02- Last summer's tunnel fire would have ruptured containers, contaminating Baltimore, a report says.
Las Vegas RJ, 2/9/02- Dept. of Transportation Not Ready For Yucca Mt. 
Jim Hightower, 2/6/02- Let's Put It In The Hole In Abraham's Head
Public Citizen, 1/31/02- 232 Groups Urge Congress to Reject Yucca 
NY Times, 1/31/02- NWTRB Says Enormous Gaps in Science
NY Times, 1/25/02 Panel Looks at Yucca Site- Too many Uncertainties
Public Citizen, 1/17/02- Abraham Should Recuse Himself From Yucca Mt. Decisions Due to High Nuke Industry Campaign Contributions
C-Span, 1/17/02- NV Hires former Senate Parliamentarian Robert Dove to strategize against Yucca
CBS MarketWatch,1/11/02- Abraham Got Thousands From Nuke Biz
ABC, 1/12/02 Nevada Mountain to be Nuclear Garbage Can
Reno Gazette-Journal, 1/11/02- Energy chief picks Yucca for nuke site
Read DOE's Letter, 1/11/02 to Nevada on Recommendation
Public Citizen Page on DOE Conflict of Interest  Read  DOE Report
Las Vegas RJ, 1/7/02 New Reports Dispute NTS Water Safety  
ENS, 1/7/02- Nevada Confronts Energy Chief Over Nuke Dump
AP, 1/6/02 Nevada Town Divided Over Waste Dump
GAO FINAL REPORT- Yucca Mt.  Recommendation Premature