PFS/GOSHUTE HIGH-LEVEL STORAGE

Federal judge denies Indian tribe's plea to halt nuclear dump

A federal judge has denied an Indian tribe's plea to stop federal plans for a national nuclear waste dump in Nevada based on a claim the project violates a 19th century treaty.

Nuclear waste battle is looming in D.C.

Huntsman heading east to fight proposal by PFS

Air Force secretary supports efforts to block Skull Valley waste site

Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne has expressed support for legislation that would block a proposed railroad spur to haul highly radioactive nuclear waste to a proposed storage site in Skull Valley.

Panel urges stopgap waste sites

Delays at Yucca Mountain cause House members to seek interim plan for spent fuel

Utah Nuclear Waste Storage in Doubt

Nation's only nuclear waste back up to Yucca Mountain hitting snags

Bennett thwarts funding for federal lawyers

Democratic and Republican representatives in Utah and Nevada joined forces to oppose permanent high-level radioactive storage in their states and to support leaving the radioactive waste at reactor sites.

BLM blocks nuclear waste project in Utah

The Bureau of Land Management is refusing to give its approval for a rail spur to a proposed nuclear waste storage site in Utah's west desert.

Utilities Offer Energy Dept. Site for Waste

A group of nuclear utilities that is planning to build a private nuclear waste dump on an Indian reservation in Utah has offered to sell space there to the federal government. The move could help the government avoid billions of dollars in potential legal damages over its failure to build its own repository.

Nuke waste coalition partner drops out

Tough stance: The company insists the slew of disengagements are not going to be major setbacks

LDS joins N-storage foes

Church's rare public-policy statement appears to go beyond Utah, may target Nevada site as well

Trainload of debate on nuke storage

Environmental groups vow to fight a Utah tribe's plan. If approved, waste would likely roll on Denver tracks.

Utah nuclear waste site may be dead

In a move that may mean the death of Private Fuel Storage's plan to store nuclear waste in Utah, the Interior Department today rejected the lease to build the facility.

SEISMIC HEARINGS - NUCLEAR WASTE CONTAINERS NEVER TESTED FOR EARTHQUAKES

(NOTE: While this is an older press release these casks have STILL not been physically tested to see if they will withstand an earthquake and these are basically the same casks that are to be used at San Onofre and Diablo Canyon)