June 18, 2008

Nevada Senator Harry Reid brought the Nevada congressional delegation together this week to call on all Nevadans to sign the petition against Yucca Mountain. This anti-Yucca effort continues during the same week the Department of Energy is walking the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) through the application it submitted to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. The NRC will then have until September 1, 2008, to determine whether to accept the Energy Department’s application for further review. The petition calls on the NRC to reject the application, which contains designs for the dump that are only 35 percent complete and lacks a public safety plan in the event of an emergency.

“I urge all Nevadans to go to my website, reid.senate.gov, and sign the petition against Yucca Mountain,” said Reid. “Just as the Nevada delegation is united in our fight against Yucca, it is important for all Nevadans to voice their opposition to the dump. Nevada is not a wasteland, and I will continue working to cut even more funding from the Energy Department’s budget for Yucca Mountain this year.” To join Reid’s efforts sign the petition against Yucca Mountain by clicking here.