consent-based siting

State Regulatory Authority Over Nuclear Waste Facilities

This issue brief explores options for providing states and federal agencies with new regulatory
authorities as one potentially critical element in making a consent-based siting regime for
nuclear waste facilities work. It summarizes key points from a longer analysis prepared by Van
Ness Feldman LLC (VNF) for the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Nuclear Waste Initiative, which is
exploring ways to advance the BRC recommendations. Specifically, VNF looked at whether an
arrangement, in which federal agencies give a state some form of regulatory authority over

DOE letter responding to Governor Bryant of Mississippi

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Pete Lyons, Assistant Secretary of Nuclear Energy DOE, responds to the letter by Governor Bryant of Mississippi by noting that a consent-based approach to siting will require achieving acceptance at multiple levels of government: local, state and tribal. Consultation and cooperation will be required to successfully site a disposal system. DOE will be mindful of Governor Bryant's opposition to siting a disposal system in Mississippi.