YUCCA PROPONENTS: NRC MUST ADOPT ETHICAL STANDARDS OF FEDERAL JUDGES
Commissioners have already shown anti-Yucca bias By Steve Hedges WASHINGTON — Proponents of the Yucca Mountain, Nevada nuclear waste facility have told the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it must...
View ArticleNRC COMMISSIONER OPTS OUT OF YUCCA; ONE DOWN, TWO TO GO?
By Nuclear Townhall Staff In a development with profound implications for the direction of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) ongoing review of the recent Atomic Safety Licensing Board...
View ArticleNRC LAWYERS: COMMISSIONERS DID NOT SHOW BIAS ON YUCCA
By Steve Hedges The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s legal staff has advised the commission that three of its five members do not have to recuse themselves from consideration of the Yucca Mountain,...
View ArticleSHOULD NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONERS BE HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD OF...
When U.S. Supreme Court Justices appear before the Senate for confirmation hearings, they are never -– never -– asked respond to questions on how they would vote in specific cases. Thus, a whole line...
View ArticleOSTENDORFF IN THE YUCCA VORTEX: NRC VOTE ON THE VERGE
When newly confirmed NRC Commissioner George Apostolokis cited a conflict emanating from prior work for the Sandia National Laboratories and abruptly exited stage right in mid-July from the...
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