Energy Department Files Request With NRC To Withdraw Yucca Mountain Application

摘要

The Department of Energy filed a motion March 3 with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to withdraw its application to build a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.rn"While the DOE reaffirms its obligation to take possession and dispose of the nation's spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste, the Secretary of Energy has decided that a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain is not a workable option for long-term disposition of these materials," the motion stated.