Press Release: Opportunity for Congressional and NRC Leadership (in response to US Court of Appeals for DC Circuit Ruling on Mandamus Petition), August 3, 2012. (PDF)
Testimony by NWSC Members before the Senate Subcommittee on Clean Air & Nuclear Safety (Committee on Environment & Public Works) Hearing on: “Recommendations from the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future for a Consent-Based Approach to Siting Nuclear Waste Storage and Management Facilities,” June 7, 2012.
- NWSC Chairman David A. Wright’s Testimony on behalf of NARUC. (PDF)
- NWSC Member Eric Howes’ Testimony on behalf of Yankee Companies: the Maine Yankee Atomic Power Company, the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, and the Yankee Atomic Electric Company (fully decommissioned nuclear power plants). (PDF)
Joint Statement by NWSC, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), the American Public Power Association (APPA), the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) and Edison Electric Institute (EEI) on BRC Report: “Nuclear Energy Stakeholders Welcome Blue Ribbon Commission Report to DOE,” January 26, 2012. (PDF)
Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future (BRC) Report to the Secretary of Energy, January 26, 2012. (PDF)
Press Release: Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition Announces New Executive Director, December 1, 2011. (PDF)
Letter sent to Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-NJ) and Ranking Member Pete Visclosky (D-IN), House Appropriations Subcommittee Energy and Water Development, lauding their commitment to reinstate $25 million from the Nuclear Waste Fund (NWF) for the nuclear waste disposal program, and $10 million for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). July 8, 2011.
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NOTE: Subsequently, the Subcommittee increased the total funds for the NRC to $20 million -- total allocated funds from the NWF are $45 million for FY 2012.
Letter sent to Chairmen Edward Whitfield (R-KY) and John Shimkus (R-IL), and Ranking Members Bobby Rush (D-IL) and Gene Green (D-TX), House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees on Energy and Power and Subcommittee Environment and Economy, supporting their investigations of the termination of the nuclear waste disposal program by the Department of Energy, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission lack of compliance with its statutory mandate to resume the Yucca Mountain license application, July 8, 2011. (PDF)
Letter sent to Department of Secretary Chu stating that inasmuch the Department has cancelled the nuclear waste disposal program, the NWSC still holds the DOE accountable to issue on a regular basis a financial and budget report showing how the amount of NWF fees collected are being administered. The last summary of the Program Financial and Budget Information Report was issued on January 31, 2010, January 4, 2011.
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Message to the members outlining future activities of the NWSC from Commissioner David Wright, Chairman, December 27, 2010. (PDF)
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Update and Final Revision of the Waste Confidence Rule Decision, December 23, 2010. (LINK)
Press release with regards to the Department of Energy's (DOE) Inspector General (IG) report highlighting DOE's failure to conduct an orderly shutdown of the Yucca Mountain project. The NWSC also expressed disappointment that the IG's office has chosen not to pursue their audit due to the DOE's aggressive timeline for shutting down
OCRWM, July 28, 2010. (PDF)
Press Release lauding the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Order rejecting the Department of Energy's motion to withdraw its license application with prejudice, July 1, 2010. (PDF)
Op-Ed by Commissioner David Wright, December 16, 2009. (PDF)
Letter to House and Senate Appropriators, November 19, 2009. (PDF)
Press Release, October 7, 2009. (PDF)
Letter to DOE Secretary Chu, August 6, 2009. (PDF)
Letter to Secretary Chu, July 14, 2009. (PDF)
Letter to Rep. Obey, July 6, 2009. (PDF)
Letter to Secretary Chu, June 17, 2009. (PDF)
Press Release, May 14, 2009. (PDF)
Comments DOE National Transportation Plan, April 30, 2009. (PDF)
Press Release, March 16, 2009. (PDF)
Press Release, February 2, 2009. (PDF)
