Churchill County is located in west central Nevada and encompasses close to 4,900 square miles. One of the primary agricultural regions in the state, the Fallon |
About us:In 1982, the U.S. Congress enacted a law called the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The Act established a comprehensive national program for the safe, permanent disposal of highly radioactive wastes. This law is based on the principle that our society is responsible for safely disposing of the nuclear wastes we create. The Act directed the U.S. Department of Energy to study suitable sites for a geologic repository. The geologic repository envisioned by the Act is an engineered disposal facility located deep underground. After more than two decades of scientific study, in 2002, Congress and the President approved the development of a geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Churchill County is considered a "Affected Unit of Government" by the Nuclear Waste Policy Act. The term "affected unit of local government" means the unit of local government with jurisdiction over the site of a repository or a monitored retrievable storage facility. Such term may, at the discretion of the Secretary, include units of local government that are contiguous with such unit. ([31]Nuclear Waste Policy Act) The Commissioners of Churchll County establised the Yucca Mountain Oversight Program's who's primary goal is to focus the limited resources funded to the affected units of government on:
On-going Socioeconomic Monitoring and Impact Assessment Churchill County has investigated potential social and economic impacts associated with the repository program. Potential fiscal impacts including impacts to local government revenue sources, and property values have been identified and analyzed for each year. The curent update can be accessed here (2007). The County will continue to monitor risk related behavior, its affects on tourism, and the associated economic and fiscal impacts.
Aerial photo of the Yucca Mountain ridge line 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Contentions: Churchill County, along with Esmeralda, Lander and Mineral filed joint contentions on December 19, 2008. As " Affected Units of Local Government" (AULG) and pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, as amended. (42 U.S.c. §10247 et seq.) and pursuant to Nuclear Regulatory Commission Federal Register Notice Vol. 73, No. 205, dated October 22,2008, "any AULG seeking party status shall be considered a party to this proceeding, provided that it files at least one admissible contention in accordance with 10 CFR 2.309. An AULG need not address the standing requirements under that section." Four counties petitions to intervene (due to large file sizes the petition is broken into 6 sections): |
Please visit our new website which tracks the hearings associated with the department of energy's (DOE) license application (LA).
Department of Energy's Record of Decision and Floodplain Statement of Findings - Nevada Rail Alignment for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada ("ROD") e-filed today with the STB in FD 35106. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has formally docketed the Department of Energy’s license application for the proposed high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev. The agency staff has also recommended that the Commission adopt, with further supplementation, DOE’s Environmental Impact Statement for the repository project. High School Group Tours San Onofre
Map of the US showing the location of Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance: Assessing the Safety and Viability of a Vital National Asset, March 07, 2008 Windows Media Player (download here)
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