Spent nuclear waste sits idle in 121 communities across 39 states because America lacks a permanent repository, creating a threat to public safety and exposing taxpayers to liability because of the federal government’s inaction. This bill helps resolve the pending licensing process for the Yucca Mountain repository while reforming nuclear waste management policy in a bipartisan manner.
This bill is another step in the long process of forcing Nevada to host the nation’s nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain repository which is wrong as communities hosting nuclear waste should have the right to give their consent. Congress shouldn’t be passing judgment in favor or in opposition to the Yucca Mountain repository while the licensing process is still underway.