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What We've Heard - A Staff Summary of Major Themes in Testimony and Comments Received by the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to Date

What We've Heard - A Staff Summary of Major Themes in Testimony and Comments Received by the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future to Date

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Blue Ribbon Commission
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The Commission is charged with submitting a
draft report to the Secretary of Energy before
the end of July 2011. To aid the Commissioners
in fulfilling that responsibility, the Commission
staff has prepared this report to summarize what
the Commission has heard up to this point in
the process. It does not attempt to recount every
comment or opinion submitted to the Commission
thus far; rather, the aim here is to summarize
major themes from the extensive testimony and
public comment the Commission has received to

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slides - Industry Response to NRC's Request for Comments on Retrievability, Cladding Integrity and 10 CFR 71/72 Alignment

slides - Industry Response to NRC's Request for Comments on Retrievability, Cladding Integrity and 10 CFR 71/72 Alignment

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Levin, A. H.
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Presented at the NEI Used Fuel Management Conference, St. Petersburg, FL, May 7-9, 2013

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Nuclear Waste Facility Siting and Local Opposition

Nuclear Waste Facility Siting and Local Opposition

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Michael O'Hare
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On the historic evidence, but also for the distinctive qualities of the challenge, nuclear waste siting conflicts are assuredly among the most refractory in the large variety of NIMBY (Not In My Back Yard) facility siting disputes. Since the president brought the Yucca Mountain process to a halt in 2010 (or, more accurately, issued its death certificate), the search for a permanent waste fuel repository is at the starting line again.

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