NRC staff to discuss Yucca review
WASHINGTON -- Staff members from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will discuss their review of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository at a public meeting next week in Nye County, the agency said Wednesday.
The meeting will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Longstreet Inn in Amargosa Valley.
An NRC spokesman said the staff will brief residents on the agency's decision to accept for review the Department of Energy's application to build the nuclear waste handling site 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
The NRC's decision to place the Yucca project on its docket starts an in-depth scientific review by the agency.
Federal law sets the review process for three to four years, but many experts expect it will take longer than that.
