Sentences with phrase «planned nuclear waste storage»

While he promised to pursue cleanups at nuclear waste sites, he declined to take a position on opening the planned nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

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In the aftermath of Yucca's mothballing, the DOE has pursued a diverse strategy of nuclear waste management that includes tentative plans for consolidated interim storage facilities, tests of deep boreholes as another possible long - term storage technique, and the development of «consent - based» siting protocols to gain support from municipal and state governments.

In a bid to restart discussion of what to do with the nation's nuclear waste, four U.S. senators today unveiled a draft plan to create a federal agency that would oversee short - and long - term storage of the highly radioactive materials produced primarily by commercial power reactors.

Unfortunately, the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage plan overpromises and underperforms for the people of my State.

6/26/17 — Plans for building the nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, fell apart a decade ago because, in part, federal officials didn't do enough to win support from state and local residents, analysts have said in Issues.

All in all, Surfrider wants to see more careful and readily employed contingency plans by SCE when it comes to nuclear waste storage.

S12 Management of radioactive wastes, and non-radioactive wastes from nuclear facilities S13 Hydro energy S14 Solar energy S15 Geothermal energy S16 Tidal and wave power S17 Wind energy INIS Training Seminar 14 - 16 Novemner 20118 IAEA INIS / ETDE SUBJECT CATEGORIES S25 Energy storage S29 Energy planning, policy and economy S30 Direct energy conversion S32 Energy conservation, consumption, and utilization S33 Advanced propulsion systems S36 Materials science S37 Inorganic, organic /

While the senator did not comment on a long - term waste management effort, his spokesperson noted that in May 2017, Markey sponsored the Dry Cask Storage Act, a bill that would essentially allow the NRC to give nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedStorage Act, a bill that would essentially allow the NRC to give nuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvednuclear generators grants from interest earned from the Nuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedNuclear Waste Fund to transfer SNF from pools to dry storage under NRC - approvedstorage under NRC - approved plans.