The 2016 politics of nuclear energy

[Marlin]

The 2016 politics of nuclear energy


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-2016-politics-of-nuclear-energy/article/2579855?custom_click=rss

[GLW]

Yucca is dead,...

http://www.hcn.org/articles/is-yucca-mountain-back-on-the-table

....The logistics of getting the facility online again also pose a barrier to renewing the Yucca project. When Obama shuttered Yucca, which once hosted researchers and operators, five years ago, the site's staff were moved elsewhere and day-to-day operations in the current facilities were shut down. To get it going again, basic functions would have to resume, a costly proposition. On top of that, the licensing process, which is only about halfway done, is likely to be lengthy and expensive. And at least for now, the Department of Energy has withdrawn its support for the now-languishing application there's not even an official application being considered.

Instead, Democrats say the focus for the nuclear waste problem should be on acquiring funds for short-term storage. Also, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., says, focus should be on repairing the only permanent facility in existence, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, near Carlsbad, New Mexico. An accident there last year caused a small but noteworthy nuclear waste leak.....

more telling than any magazine article would be this (it's a dull read, but Yucca is dead):

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/666454.pdf

[Marlin]

Yucca is dead,...

http://www.hcn.org/articles/is-yucca-mountain-back-on-the-table

....The logistics of getting the facility online again also pose a barrier to renewing the Yucca project. When Obama shuttered Yucca, which once hosted researchers and operators, five years ago, the site's staff were moved elsewhere and day-to-day operations in the current facilities were shut down. To get it going again, basic functions would have to resume, a costly proposition. On top of that, the licensing process, which is only about halfway done, is likely to be lengthy and expensive. And at least for now, the Department of Energy has withdrawn its support for the now-languishing application there's not even an official application being considered.

Instead, Democrats say the focus for the nuclear waste problem should be on acquiring funds for short-term storage. Also, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., says, focus should be on repairing the only permanent facility in existence, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, near Carlsbad, New Mexico. An accident there last year caused a small but noteworthy nuclear waste leak.....

more telling than any magazine article would be this (it's a dull read, but Yucca is dead):

http://www.gao.gov/assets/670/666454.pdf

   Your first citation hinges on opposition by the Democrats in the Senate the article I posted hinges on Republicans taking the White house and retaining its majorities in both houses. Your second citation deals with spent fuel management in general not Yucca Mountain.
   I think I put more faith in "The 2016 politics of nuclear energy" even though it is a magazine article. The author focuses on energy and environmental issues.

[GLW]

I would like to see this one merge with:

https://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,12979.0.html

for relevance and historical continuity,...

once upon a time some nukeworkers were scolded by other nukeworkers that the (pending) Obama administration would be just as beneficial for nukeworkers as previous administrations,...

I would beg to differ,...

particularly for the recently minted and or recently stillborn nukeworkers,...

not overly harsh for the tried and true, but not good, just not overly harsh,...

stimulus don't count, that would be credit card goodies not good jobs, and the bill is in the mail,...

[Marlin]

I would like to see this one merge with:

https://www.nukeworker.com/forum/index.php/topic,12979.0.html

for relevance and historical continuity,...

once upon a time some nukeworkers were scolded by other nukeworkers that the (pending) Obama administration would be just as beneficial for nukeworkers as previous administrations,...

I would beg to differ,...

particularly for the recently minted and or recently stillborn nukeworkers,...

not overly harsh for the tried and true, but not good, just not overly harsh,...

stimulus don't count, that would be credit card goodies not good jobs, and the bill is in the mail,...

That would put it in PoySci, you could quote and paste to duplicate it. May be a better option.

[Marlin]

That would put it in PoySci, you could quote and paste to duplicate it. May be a better option.

... or I could do it.  Done!!!