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DOE's License Application for a High-Level Waste Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain

Who:   U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) What:   DOE license application seeking authorization to construct a geologic repository When:   June 3, 2008 (application submitted) Where:   Yucca Mountain site in Nye County, Nevada (see map showing Location of Yucca Mountain) Why:   The NRC will issue a construction authorization only if DOE can demonstrate that it can safely construct and operate the repository in compliance with established regulations.

On this page:

• DOE License Application
• NRC Documents for Docketing and EIS Adoption Review
• NRC Docketing Review and Hearing Opportunity Schedule
• Contacts
• Related Information

DOE License Application

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• DOE Transmittal Letter (June 3, 2008)
• NRC Acknowledgment of Receipt of Application
• Federal Register Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application (73 FR 34348)
• Yucca Mountain - Notice of Receipt and Availability of Application - Correction
• General Information
• Safety Analysis Report (SAR)
• 2002 Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
• 2008 Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)

Note: Portions of DOE's Yucca Mountain Geologic Repository license application were submitted with bookmarks, as well as hyperlinks to various reference documents (such as the Design Control Documents). However, those bookmarks and hyperlinks are currently inactive in the files that are publicly available through the links provided above. Nonetheless, the various reference documents may be obtained on DVD by contacting the staff of the NRC's Public Document Room.

NRC Documents for Docketing and EIS Adoption Review

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• NRC Letter to DOE announcing the docketing of Yucca Mountain License Application and NRC staff’s position on EIS Adoption (September 5, 2008)
• Federal Register Notice of Docketing of a License Application for Authority to Construct a Geologic Repository at a Geologic Repository Operations Area at Yucca Mountain, Nevada  (To be published in the Federal Register)
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff’s Adoption Determination Report for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Environmental Impact Statements for the Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca

NRC Docketing Review and Hearing Opportunity Schedule

Contacts

Related Information

• Fact Sheet on Licensing Yucca Mountain
• The Hearing Process
• High-Level Waste Hearings
• Licensing Support Network Document Collection

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