Key Issues

U.S. Department of Energy
DOE is a science and technology government agency whose research supports energy security, national security, and environmental quality in the United States.

Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
The blue ribbon commission is evaluating policy options for the management of used fuel from commercial nuclear power plants and high-level radioactive waste from U.S. defense programs.

DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
The OCRWM was established to develop and manage a federal system for disposing of high-level radioactive waste.

Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
The NRSB is principally concerned with the safe and responsible management of radioactive wastes.

Private Fuel Storage LLC
PFS is a consortium of electric power companies that has applied to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license to build a temporary used nuclear fuel storage facility in Utah.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA's mission is to protect human health and to safeguard the natural environment, air, water, and land, upon which life depends.

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
The NRC is the independent government agency that regulates the commercial uses of nuclear materials.

U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
The NWTRB, an independent agency of the U.S. government, provides independent scientific and technical oversight of the U.S. program for management and disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
NARUC is a non-profit organization, founded in 1889, whose members are the government agencies that regulate energy, telecommunications, and water utilities in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. NARUC's mission is to serve the public interest by improving the quality and effectiveness of public utility regulation.