Trump Administration Makes Move to Look Elsewhere for Nuke Waste Dump

Trump administration makes move to look elsewhere for nuke waste dump

A 1995 photo of the underground exploratory studies facility at Yucca Mountain. (Photo from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.)The Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects is hoping federal efforts to find states willing to host sites that can handle the full nuclear lifecycle will steer nuclear waste storage away from Nevada. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it is seeking states interested in housing regional hubs that could supp…

DOE Seeks States for Nuclear Campuses to Spark America’s Atomic Revival

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy has invited states to step forward as potential hosts of new Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, a sweeping proposal aimed at modernizing the nation’s nuclear fuel cycle and reasserting U.S. leadership in advanced nuclear energy. The request for information marks the opening move toward voluntary federal-state partnerships that could reshape how nuclear energy is developed, manufactured, and su…