Congressional Leaders Seek Rationale, Investigations into Yucca Closure

摘要

As several leading members of Congress asked U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko to justify his reasons for halting his agency's review of the high-level nuclear waste repository planned at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, two others demanded an investigation into the decision.rnThe letter, sent by four Republicans who are ranking members of House committees with great sway over energy and nuclear waste issues, urges the chairman to continue reviewing the license application that the U.S. Department of Energy submitted last year.