The Yucca Mountain Project

Yucca Mountain is located within the Western Shoshone Nation; the mountain and the surrounding area were never deeded to the U.S. government. In fact, most of the area now used by the U.S. military for nuclear weapons testing and waste storage was explicitly recognized as Shoshone land.

Court postpones start of Nevada case against Yucca Mountain



Scientists look at Yucca Mountain routes

Feds seek change in nuclear waste definition
"It's appalling the extent DOE will go to to mislead the American public," said Tessa Hafen, spokeswoman for Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev. "Once again it is trying to change the rules to win the game."

Official wants sludge defined
"Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has asked Congress to clarify the definition of high-level nuclear defense waste stored in three states in order to skirt a court ruling that requires his agency to dispose of it in the planned Yucca Mountain repository."

Officials say Yucca use of underground water could damage Nevada
Allowing a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain to use underground water would result in environmental damage to the state, according to an official with the Nevada Attorney General’s Office.

“We have ample evidence in the record to show the socio-economic interests of the state will be jeopardized if this project is allowed to go ahead,” said Senior Deputy Attorney General Marta Adams

Hearings open on nuke waste water

If the nuclear waste issue isn't enough how does this tickle your bellybutton?

Nuclear test set for 2004
The so-called subcritical experiment, dubbed Unicorn, will be detonated in 2004 in a hole in the east-central part of the Nevada Test Site, about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas, according to a statement from the administration's Nevada Site Office in North Las Vegas.

Bush administration officials said last year that they would like the test site to be ready to resume full-scale tests, if needed, in 18 months, or about half the time expected during the Clinton administration.

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