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The Atomic Energy was passed by Congress telling the federal government to encourage the peaceful use of atomic energy, with the understanding that getting rid of the highly radioactive waste made would be the responsibility of the federal government.
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The AEC, atomic energy commission, announces that a salt mine at Lyons, Kansas, will be developed as a high-level radioactive waste repository.
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The Energy Research and Development Administration begin to look for a permanent repository for the nation's nuclear waste.
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In 1987, Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, directing the U.S. Department of Energy to exclusively study Yucca Mountain, a remote desert location, as the site for a potential repository for geologic disposal of used nuclear fuel.
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Yucca Mountain is recommended for the waste site.
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Yucca gives a liscense application
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In 2010, DOE discontinued Yucca Mountain license review activities and empaneled a commission to recommend a new policy for the long-term management of used fuel and high-level radioactive waste.
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Washington State and South Carolina filed a lawsuit to force the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to continue its consideration of a nuclear waste repository in Nevada. The action came hours after the Blue Ribbon Commission urged federal officials to generate local support for alternative sites to the federal plans for a Yucca Mountain repository.
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Groups that sued to force the Obama administration to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project ask federal judges to finalizes decision.
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A fee that electric customers have been paying for 31 years to fund a federal nuclear waste repository has ended.