The For a Better Nevada constructive-engagement coalition sent this letter to Department of Energy Secretary Bodman seeking a meeting to discuss Yucca Mountain repository integrity as well as such economic benefits as job opportunities, infrastructure projects, research facilities, advanced fuel cycle technology faclities, etc.
March 2, 2005
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) invoked this waiver Jan. 22, 2008, saying interdiction of any contaminated food, along with consideration of evacuation and sheltering, are more effective protective measures to use in the very unlikely event that people beyond the 10-mile emergency planning zone could be exposed to radioactive iodine.
January 30, 2008
This letter provides a detailed analysis of how the U.S. nuclear energy industry will make a major contribution, through emissions avoided during electricity production, to President Bush's carbon emissions reduction program.
May 18, 2007
In a comment letter to James Lee Witt Associates, LLC, regarding "Review of Emergency Preparedness at Indian Point and Millstone, January 10, 2003, NEI said that "the report undermines public confidence in a state-of-the-art emergency preparedness program that is the proven standard for orderly, successful evacuations of the public."
January 10, 2003
"We believe the draft report appears to give undue weight to the impact of potential acts of terrorism on emergency planning and preparedness. Preliminary results from our vulnerability studies do not indicate an increased source term or quicker release from terrorist-initiated events than is already addressed by the emergency planning basis required by NRC regulations and in place at Indian Point."
May 18, 2007