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Atomic Energy Act
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. -
Salt Mine in Lyons
The AEC, atomic energy commission, announces that a salt mine at Lyons, Kansas, will be developed as a high-level radioactive waste repository. -
Permanent repository of the nations nuclear waste
The Energy Research and Development Administration begin to look for a permanent repository for the nation's nuclear waste. -
Nuclear waste policy act
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. -
Nuclear waste site reccomendation
Yucca Mountain is recommended for the waste site. -
License application
Yucca gives a liscense application -
Yucca Mountain Discontinued
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. -
Washington State And South Carolina File Lawsuit
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. -
Restarting Yucca Mountain
Groups that sued to force the Obama administration to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project ask federal judges to finalizes decision. -
Yucca Mountain nuclear waste fee ends
A fee that electric customers have been paying for 31 years to fund a federal nuclear waste repository has ended.