Appropriations for Funding of National Nuclear Waste Disposal Site

Organizational Statements, Appropriations for Funding of National Nuclear Waste Disposal Site

This page lists statements and information concerning the issue taken from the web sites of various organizations, trade associations, and interest groups involved in the issue. We provide both a link to the main page of the organization concerned as well as a copy of the pages relating to the issue that we found in our searches. Because we want to keep information concerning each of our cases for an archive, we copied their pages during the period of research. Below each statement is the original URL from which we retrieved the information. Note that some of these original URLs may not work because the group has updated or changed its website.

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Internal Archive for the Nuclear Energy Institute, downloaded on 8/8/01:

Used Fuel Management (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=127)
Used Nuclear Fuel Management (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?docid=458)
Safely Transporting Used Nuclear Fuel (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?docid=498)
Status of Used Nuclear Fuel Storage at U.S. Commercial Nuclear Plants (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?docid=667)
Scientists Recommend 'All Pathways' Radiation Protection Standard For Yucca Mountain Repository (http://www.nei.org/documents/allpathways.pdf)
Managing Used Fuel from Nuclear Power Plants and Defense-Related Activities (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=5&catid=146)
Public Support for Nuclear Waste Solution (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=5&catid=158)
State Legislation to Regulate or Restrict the Movement of Used Nuclear Fuel (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=7)
Yucca Mountain Radiation Protection Standard (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=5&catid=161)
Newsroom Summary (http://www.nei.org/index.asp?backcatid=1&catnum=4&catid=2)
The U.S. Nuclear Industry's Strategic Plan for Building New Nuclear Power Plants (http://www.nei.org/documents/plantplan.pdf)

Internal Archive for the Nuclear Energy Institute, downloaded on 8/9/01:

Safe, Effective Hazardous Waste Management (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=44)
National Used Nuclear Fuel Management Program (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=63)
National Program Implementation Time Table (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=64)
Scientific Study of the Yucca Mountain Site for a National Repository (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=65)
DOE Issues Science and Engineering Report for Yucca Mountain (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=66)
DOE Supplements Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Yucca Mountain (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=67)
Site Approval Process for a National Repository at Yucca Mountain (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=68)
Safe Interim On-Site Storage of Used Nuclear Fuel (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=197)
Common Objections to the Yucca Mountain Project, and What the Science Really Says (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=197)
Regulatory Requirements for Licensing a Repository at Yucca Mountain (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=2&catid=197)

Internal Archive for the Nuclear Energy Institute, downloaded on 8/15/01:

New Environmental Legislation Directs Government To Meet Its Obligation to Manage Used Nuclear Fuel (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=197)
DOE Proposes FY2000 Budget of $17.8 Billion, Nuclear Programs Budgeted for $269.3 Million (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=192)
Congress, Administration Partnership Needed To Move Used Nuclear Fuel, Executive Tells Legislators (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=189)
DOE Proposal To Take Title of Used Nuclear Fuel Would Create 72 Federal Nuclear Waste Storage Sites (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=188)
Without Nuclear Waste Management Reform in Congress, Federal Government Faces Multi-Billion Dollar Liability (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=185)
Nuclear Waste Reform Bill Advances Through 40-6 Bipartisan Action By House Commerce Committee (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=182)
Bipartisan Nuclear Waste Management Measure Moves Toward Senate Floor Action (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=175)
Industry: Congress Should Provide Essential Refinements to Nuclear Waste Program (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=159)
Nevada Denial of Yucca Water Permit Underscores Need for Federal Legislation (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=158)
Nevada Denial of Yucca Water Permit Underscores Need for Federal Legislation (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=157)
Yucca Mountain Environmental Analysis Brings U.S. Closer to Decision on Nuclear Waste Disposal (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=154)
Applauding U.S. House Vote, NEI Calls on President to Sign Nuclear Waste Policy Act (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=150)
NEI Praises Congress for Completing Work On Nuclear Waste Bill That Merits President's Signature (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=147)
President's Veto of Nuclear Waste Bill Shows Disconnect Between Environmental Goals and Actions, NEI Says (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=146)
U.S. Senate's Failure To Override Clinton Veto of S. 1287 Disappoints Nuclear Energy Industry (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=145)
U.S. Ill-Served by Government's Neglect of Nuclear Energy, Industry Tells Congress (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=138)
DOE's Failure To Move Used Nuclear Fuel Could Cost Taxpayers Billions, Industry Executives Tell Congress (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=287)
Nuclear Energy Institute Presentation to Wall Street Analysts (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=455)
Plenary Session Address, Gordon Research Conference (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=495)
Where Do We Go From Here? Reflections on the Future of Nuclear Energy in the United States (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=580)
Nuclear Energy: The Year 2000 and Beyond (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=268)
Shaping the Future of Nuclear Energy (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=257)
Nuclear Energy Assembly (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=253)
Nuclear Energy's Future in the United States (http://www.nei.org/doc.asp?catnum=4&catid=251)
Used Nuclear Fuel: Handle With Care (http://www.nei.org/documents/handledwithcare.pdf)
View of Yucca Mountain from the South (http://www.nei.org/images/va11.jpg)
View of Yucca Mountain from the Northwest (http://www.nei.org/images/va17.jpg)
Repository Surface Facilities (http://www.nei.org/images/va13.jpg)
Complex of Underground Tunnels (http://www.nei.org/images/va9.jpg)
Repository Subsurface Facilities Plan (http://www.nei.org/images/deis18.jpg)
Repository Underground Facilities and Operations (http://www.nei.org/images/va14.jpg)
Waste Emplacement Tunnel (http://www.nei.org/images/va15.jpg)
Waste Package Placement (http://www.nei.org/images/deis16.jpg)
Waste Packages (http://www.nei.org/images/deis15.jpg)
Operations to Move Waste Underground (http://www.nei.org/images/va28.jpg)
Processes Important to Repository Performance (http://www.nei.org/images/va31.jpg)
Nuclear Energy Insight, November/December 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_11-12.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, October 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_10.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, August/September 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_08-09.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, July 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_07.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, June 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_06.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, May 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_05.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, April 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_04.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, March 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_03.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, February 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_02.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, January 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight2000_01.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, October 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_10.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, September 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_09.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, August 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_08.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, July 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_07.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, April 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_04.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, March 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_03.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, February 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_02.pdf)
Nuclear Energy Insight, January 1999 (http://www.nei.org/documents/insight99_08.pdf)
Perspective on Public Opinion, December 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/publicop0012.pdf)
Perspective on Public Opinion, March 2000 (http://www.nei.org/documents/publicop9903.pdf)
Guide to Nuclear Energy (http://www.nei.org/documents/guidetonuclearenergy.pdf)
Nuclear Industry Data at a Glance, then Nuclear Waste (http://www.nei.org//doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=23)
History (http://www.nei.org//doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=24)
Used Fuel Storage (http://www.nei.org//doc.asp?catnum=3&catid=22)

Internal Archive for the Citizens Against Government Waste, downloaded on 8/15/01:

National Taxpayer Watchdog Group Blasts Clinton Administration's Nuclear Waste Proposal (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/99-02-26.htm)
National Taxpayer Watchdog Group Praises Senators for Tackling Nuclear Waste Disposal Issue (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/99-03-15.htm)
Energy and Water (http://www.cagw.org/Raven/john/publications/pigbook/pigbook-summary/pig-summary-energy.html)
Taxpayer Watchdog Group Urges Durbin not to Change Vote on Nuclear Waste Policy (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/00-04-26a.htm)
Taxpayer Watchdog Group Urges Harkin not to Change Vote on Nuclear Waste Policy (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/00-04-26b.htm)
Taxpayer Watchdog Group Urges Campbell not to Change Vote on Nuclear Waste Policy (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/00-04-26c.htm)
Taxpayer Watchdog Group Urges Edwards not to Change Vote on Nuclear Waste Policy (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/00-04-26d.htm)
Taxpayer Watchdog Group Urges Johnson not to Change Vote on Nuclear Waste Policy (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/00-04-26e.htm)
Taxpayer Watchdog Group Urges Murray not to Change Vote on Nuclear Waste Policy (http://www.cagw.org/mediacenter/newsrel/search/00-04-26f.htm)

Internal Archive for Public Citizen, downloaded on 8/15/01:

Environmental, Consumer Groups Meet with DOE Secretary Richardson to Urge Disqualification of Yucca Mountain as Proposed Nuclear Repository (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/rich-pr.htm)
Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Process Lacks Integrity (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep91.htm)
Proposed Nuclear Waste Dump at Yucca Mountain Still Unacceptable (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep60.htm)
Statement of Amy Shollenberger on New Energy Department Guidelines for Nuclear Waste Storage (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep34.htm)
Get the Facts About Yucca Mountain, Nevada and Nuclear Waste! (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/radroadsnrails/resources/yucca.pdf)
Commercial High-Level Nuclear Waste: A Problem for the Next 1000 Millennia (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/factsheets/General%20Waste%20Factsheet.htm)
Citizen Groups Denounce Proposal for Nuclear Waste Transport Through Ohio (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep79.htm)
Citizen Groups Denounce Proposal for Nuclear Waste Transport Through Colorado (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep64.htm)
Leaked Memo Reveals DOE's Bias for Establishing a Radioactive Waste Dump; Congressional Investigation Demanded (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep92.htm)
Public Citizen, Consumer Groups Denounce Proposal for Nuclear Waste Transport Through Northern Indiana (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep62.htm)
Citizen Groups Denounce Proposal for Nuclear Waste Transport Through Iowa (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep75.htm)
Citizen Groups Denounce Proposal for Nuclear Waste Transport Through California (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep78.htm)
Clinton Veto of Damaging Nuclear Waste Bill Upheld in Senate Vote (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep54.htm)
Statement of Wenonah Hauter, Director, Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project, on the Senate's Approval of Nuclear Waste Bill (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep40.htm)
Study Shows Electricity Deregulation Could Cause Unfunded Nuclear Waste Liabilities that may Exceed $50 Billion (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-elec7.htm)
Nuclear Industry Showered Congress with $15 Million in Contributions During 1998 Election Cycle (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep8.htm)
Nuclear Agency to Limit Public's Rights in Hearings on Nuclear Issues (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep48.htm)

Internal Archive for the Public Citizen, downloaded on 8/23/01:

DOE Cannot Justify Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Shipments (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/Statementjustifyyucca.htm)
Environmentalists Reject EPA's Yucca Mountain Radiation Standard (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/yucca-eispr.htm)
Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Process Irreparably Compromised by DOE Pro-industry Bias (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/StatementYuccaCharacterizationCompromised.htm)
Statement of Amy Shollenberger on New Energy Department Guidelines for Nuclear Waste Storage (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep34.htm)
Testimony of Wenonah Hauter on the Department of Energy's Draft EIS for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/WHtestyuccamt.htm)
Public Citizen Calls for Fresh Look at Nuclear Waste Problem (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/prdoenukst.htm)
Proposed Rule 10 CFR 963 (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/comments10CFR963.htm)
Action Alert (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/NIRSyuccaalrt.htm)
Statement of Lisa Gue New NRC Report On Nuclear Waste Shipments Fails to Address Public Concerns (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/StmntNRCshipments.htm)
Nuclear Waste Fact Sheet (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/Nukewstfactsht.htm)
Action Alert (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/actionalertextendedyucca.htm)
Cloture Vote on Nuclear Waste Bill Passes (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/Cloturepasses.htm)
Radioactive Roads and Rails (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/radroadsnrails/ActofmnthDecember2000.htm)
Radioactive Roads and Rails (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/radroadsnrails/report2000.htm)
Comments on EPA Proposed Rule-Environmental Radiation Standards for Yucca Mountain, Neveda (40 CFR 197) (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/EPAenvradyucca.htm)
Sample Op-Ed on H.R. 45 (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/oped_hr45.htm)
Don't Waste America - Oppose The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1999 (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/oppose_nuclear_waste_policy_amen.htm)
Congress Should Reject the Cancer Provision (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/1287cancletter.htm)
Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for Nuclear Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/DEISYuccaComments.htm)
Letter to President Clinton (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/RAGE/radwaste/utahexecutiveorder.htm)
Critical Votes Held to Sustain Promised Veto (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/StmnthouseapprovalS1287.htm)
Dirty Campaign Money Fouls Environment (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep53.htm)
"Energy Security Act of 2000" Is Gift to Industry; Undercuts Consumer Security (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep56.htm)
Public Citizen Rally Lead-in to Testimony at Department of Energy Hearing (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/PRRallyDOE.htm)
Public Citizen Demands Full-Scale Testing of Nuclear Waste Transportation Casks (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep32.htm)
Impacts of Nuclear Waste Transportation (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/factsheets/45-trans.htm)
Letter to Dr. Kadambi (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/Commentsperformbasedregs.htm)
The Nuclear Industry: A Cash Cow for Congress II (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/PAC99/cashcow2.htm)
Radioactive Roads and Rails (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/radroadsnrails/yuccabackgroundinfo.htm)
Letter to Chairman Meserve (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/nuclearsafety/signonmeserve.htm)
Letter to President Clinton (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/nuclearsafety/signonclinton.htm)

Internal Archive for the Public Citizen, downloaded on 9/3/01:

Sustain the Veto on S. 1287 (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/Sustainthevetoflier.htm)
The Battle Over Yucca Mountain (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/sept99.pdf)
President Clinton will still VETO the Nuclear Waste bill! (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/Preswillveto.htm)
Talking Points for H.R. 45 The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999 (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/talkptshr45.htm)
Petition to Declare NEI Advertisements False and Misleading (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/restructuring/ftc.pdf)
Environmentalists and Consumers Blast the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1999 (http://www.citizen.org/Press/pr-cmep7.htm)
Environmental Impact Statement for Yucca Mountain Is Inadequate; Proposed Siting Guidelines Are Tailored to Ensure Yucca's Approval (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-cmep44.htm)
Nuclear Waste Legislation Update (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/NkWtupdt.htm)
Public Citizen, Consumer Groups Denounce Proposal for Nuclear Waste Transport Through Indiana (http://www.citizen.org/CMEP/RAGE/radwaste/RadioactiverandrIndianapolis.htm)
Home Owner and Small Business Advisory: Nuclear Accidents Not Covered By Most Insurance Carriers (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/Nkwstalrt1.htm)
Industry Doublespeak: The Murkowski Nuclear Waste Bill S.1287 (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/s1287inddblspeak.htm)
Atomic Atlas: Nuclear Waste Transport Routes- Will Radioactive Waste Pass Through Your Hometown? (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/AtomicAtlas/atlas.htm)
Press Release- Atomic Atlas: Nuclear Waste Transport Routes- Will Radioactive Waste Pass Through Your Hometown? (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/presrelatomicat.htm)
Possible Cloture Vote on S1287 The Nuclear Waste Policy Bill (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/LtrS1287Act.htm)
Seven Reasons to Vote Against S1287 (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/SevenagainstS1287.htm)
Does Senator Murkowski Care About the Health of Americans? (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/Murkground.htm)
What Does Senator Murkowski Mean when he says we should "Honor the Sanctity of Contractual Commitments"? (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/Murksanct.htm)
Senator Murkowski is Inventing a Crisis to Force a Vote! (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/Murkcrisis.htm)
Let President Clinton know we Expect him to Uphold his Veto Promise for S. 1287- The Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2000, "Thank" or "Spank" your Representative for his or her Vote! (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/archive/alerts,%20misc/S1287ClintonAlrt.htm)
Statement of Amy Shollenberger on the President's Veto of Nuclear Waste Bill: President Clinton Keeps His Promise (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rage/radwaste/presvetpstatement.htm)
Press Release: Consumer, Environmental Groups Urge President to Intervene in Industry Plans for Nuclear Waste Storage in Utah (http://www.citizen.org/press/pr-)cmep88.htm
Action Alert! President Clinton: Stop the Transportation of Nuclear Waste to Utah! (http://www.citizen.org/cmep/archive/alerts,%20misc/Utahexorder.htm)

Internal Archive for the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, downloaded on 9/3/01:

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