Letters & Publications

• Energy Communities Alliance
  
  • February 23, 2010 and December 17, 2010, Letters to the Department of Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, PhD.
    
 
• Institute for 21st Century Energy/U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • May 2009 Publication, Revisiting America's Nuclear Waste Policy
    
    
• Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  • August 2010 Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Disposal of High-level Radioactive Waste in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Volume 1: General Information.
    
 
• Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition
  
  • March 9, 2010 Letter to Department of Energy Inspector General requesting an investigation into the Department of Energy willful failure to preserve key records associated with the geologic repository at Yucca Mountain.
  • February 9, 2010 Letter to House and Senate Leadership to Compel the Department of Energy to Carry Out its Mission Under the NWPA.
  • February 3, 2010 Press Release, Flagrant Disregard to the Nation's Ratepayers.
  • August 1994 Redesigning the Nuclear Waste Disposal Program for Effective Management. August 1994
    


• South Carolina, Office of the Governor.
  
  • February 19, 2010 Letter to Other Governors Urging them to Push Back Against the Obama Administration's Decision to Shutting Down Yucca Mountain.
  • February 16, 2010 Press Release/Fact Sheet, Urging President Obama and Congress to Keep Yucca Mountain Commitment.
  • February 11, 2010 Letter to Senator Lindsey Graham regarding the Obama Administration Decision Violating the NWPA. 
  • February 11, 2010 Letter to SC Attorney General McMaster regarding the Obama Administration Decision Violating the NWPA


• Sustainable Fuel Cycle Task Force. 
  
  • February 12, 2010, Science Panel Letter to the Department of Energy Secretary, Steven Chu, Ph.D., and Other Documents 
    


• The Heritage Foundation. 
  
  • February 23, 2010 Web Memo, President's Yucca Policy Inconsistent With Nuclear Rhetoric


• U.S. Department of Energy
  • August 2008 A Sustainable Energy Future: The Essential Role of Nuclear Energy Report.
    


• U.S. House of Representatives
  • House of Representatives, Committee on Science and Technology, letter to the Secretary of Energy seeking further explanation and documentation regarding the Administration's decision to abandon Yucca Mountain. July 20, 2010. 
  • Representative Sensenbrenner, et.al., letter to the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission expressing support the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board decision to deny the Department of Energy's motion to withdraw its license application. July 15, 2010.
  • March 26, 2010. Letter from Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to Representative Peter Visclosky, Chairman, House Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Clarifying Comments he Made During the March 24 FY 2011 Budget Hearing on Reprogramming of the Nuclear Waste Disposal Program Without Prior Approval from Congress. 
  • March 24, 2010, Letter from Representative Fred Upton (R-MI) to Secretary Chu expressing concern with the expeditious closure and the integrity of the scientific and technical record at the YM site.
  • March 18, 2010, Letter from Representatives John Spratt (D-SC), Norm Dicks (D-WA), James Clyburn (D-SC), Doc Hastings (R-WA) and Jay Inslee (D-WA) to Secretary Chu regarding the Reprogramming of OCRWM and the Withdrawal of the LA with Prejudice from the NRC. 
    


• U.S. Senate
  • 91 House and Senate Members of Congress sent a bi-cameral, bipartisan letter urging the Secretary of Energy to immediately halt all actions to dismantle operations at the Yucca Mountain site. July 6, 2010. 
  • February 2, 2010, Letter from Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) to U.S. Government Accountability Office, Requesting a Report Outlining Options For Use of Yucca Mountain.