Good morning everyone. The committee will come to order we are meeting to examine an issue that effectively weve been at a stalemate for quite some time. What we should do with used nuclear fuel accumulating at the Nuclear Reactors. At a starting point we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe its a vital part of our mix. The large reactors not landscape provide reliable admissions free power to communities across our country. Our Nations Nuclear industry is critically important but it also faces a number of challenges and one that impacted the first reactors began operation and Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with the passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act of 1982 congress attempted several times to address the backend of the fuel cycle. In an effort to resolve an earlier stalemate the federal government was supposed to begin taking title to use fuel and moving it to a repository at Yucca Mountain in nevada beginn
Next, a hearing examines options for temporary and permanent Nuclear Waste storage. Lawmakers considered legislation and the future of the Yucca Mountain site in nevada. Held by the Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee, this is about two hours. Good morning, everyone. The committee will come to order. Were meeting to examine an issue that weve been at a stalemate for for quite some time. What we should do with the used nuclear fuel that is accumulating at our Nations Nuclear reactors. As a starting point, i think we should recognize that Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe it is a vital part of our mix. The large reactionors that dot the landscape provide Reliable Energy across our country. Our Nations Nuclear energy is critically important but it faces challenges and one that has impacted it since the first reactors began operation. The Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with the passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act in 1982,
This hearing is an opportunity for us to consider the next steps on Nuclear Waste. Do we try to find another pass forward especially for communities are maintaining sites with the fuel caps left on hand in 2010 they convened a blue River Communications to manage the cycle. They had a number of recommendations that led to the introduction of the Nuclear Administration waste act. This legislation has been led by number of members including senator alexander, both on this committee, i have been a sponsor of the legislation with senators alexander and senator feinstein. And my partners on energy and water appropriations subcommittee for multiple congresses now. Weve been at this for a while and i think it is fair to say that we would like to put something behind us at some point in time, sooner rather than later. Our legislation aims to move the process forward so we can move used to fuel to a permanent repository. Our bill creates a Nuclear Waste administration to oversee consentbased soc
This hearing is an opportunity for us to consider the next steps on Nuclear Waste. Do we try to find another pass forward especially for communities are maintaining sites with the fuel caps left on hand in 2010 they convened a blue River Communications to manage the cycle. They had a number of recommendations that led to the introduction of the Nuclear Administration waste act. This legislation has been led by number of members including senator alexander, both on this committee, i have been a sponsor of the legislation with senators alexander and senator feinstein. And my partners on energy and water appropriations subcommittee for multiple congresses now. Weve been at this for a while and i think it is fair to say that we would like to put something behind us at some point in time, sooner rather than later. Our legislation aims to move the process forward so we can move used to fuel to a permanent repository. Our bill creates a Nuclear Waste administration to oversee consentbased soc
What we should do with used nuclear fuel thats accumulating at our Nations Nuclear reactors. As a starting point, we should recognize Nuclear Energy is an important part of our countrys electric generation. I believe it is a vital part of our mix. Large reactors that dot the landscape provide reliable power to communities across the country. The Nuclear Industry is critically important, but also faces a number of challenges and one that has impact since the first reactors began operation is Nuclear Waste disposition. Beginning with passage of the Nuclear Waste policy act of 1982, congress has attempted several times to address the back end of the fuel cycle, in an effort to resolve earlier stalemate, the federal government was supposed to begin taking title to use fuel and moving it to a repository at yuca mountain in nevada beginning in 1988. The governments failure to deliver on this promise is costing taxpayers up to 2 million per day. This hearing is an opportunity to consider the