Yucca Mtn. clause, now blocking nuclear campus program, could be removed in lame duck: Fleischmann s

[Marlin]

Just voted for Fleischman, he is a big nuclear advocate, and Oak Ridge is in his district. My Boss Lady sees him from time to time out at Y-12. He is involved in TVAs effort to put an SMR at the old Clinch River site and the conversion of the old K-25 site from DOE to multiple private nuclear facilities and reactors.

Yucca Mtn. clause, now blocking nuclear campus program, could be removed in lame duck: Fleischmann says

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Rep. Chuck Fleischmann aims to remove the legal designation of Yucca Mountain as the sole nuclear waste repository during the upcoming congressional lame duck session. Repealing this restriction would allow the Department of Energy to advance its Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus program in willing states. The proposed legislative changes would also encourage commercial spent nuclear fuel reprocessing.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – During the upcoming lame duck session, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-Tenn.) hopes to get Congress to legally remove Yucca Mountain in

During an industry conference, Fleischmann emphasized the need to update the 1982 version of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which directed the Department of Energy to consider Yucca as the nation's first and prime repository for spent nuclear fuel.

During the questions-and-answers portion of Fleischmann's Wednesday keynote at the Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA) conference, the Tennessee lawmaker said this law change would facilitate the country's efforts to reach a collaborative solution to nuclear waste disposal.

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[Rennhack]

This is good news.