Sentences with phrase «repository licence application»
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The Department of Energy submitted a construction licence application for the Yucca Mountain repository to the NRC in 2008, but following 2009's presidential elections the Obama administration subsequently decided to abort the project, appointing a high - level Blue Ribbon Commission to come up with alternative strategies.
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US Appeals Court overturns presidential veto on Yucca Mountain A federal Appeals Court has ordered the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to resume its review of the Department of Energy's (DOE) application for a licence to construct and operate the used fuel repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, saying it was «flouting the law» in abandoning the review.
The DOE in 2008 submitted a licence application for the Yucca Mountain repository to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), but decided to withdraw the application in 2010.