Nye County's
NWRPO
works to ensure the health and safety of current and future residents
affected by DOE activities to transport, store, and dispose of highly
radioactive waste in and through the County.
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NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY PROJECT OFFICE |
Welcome
to the
Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Project Office
(NWRPO) website. The purpose of this site is to
provide the public with information about Nye
County's involvement with the Yucca
Mountain Project (YMP) and YMP issues in general.
For
more than two decades, the U.S. Department of Energy
(DOE) has conducted an extensive scientific effort
to determine whether Yucca Mountain, Nevada is a
suitable site for a deep geologic (underground) repository to
dispose of the nation's high-level radioactive waste (HLW) and spent
nuclear fuel (SNF).
Nye
County, Nevada is the single local jurisdiction
selected by the federal government to host the
repository. The
Nye County Board of Commissioners established the
NWRPO as Nye County's staff agency to ensure County
policies and actions regarding nuclear waste
activities are conducted to protect the health,
welfare, and economic well-being of its residents
and environment, and to plan for and mitigate possible impacts of
the repository, if it is located in Nye County.
The
Nye County NWRPO facility is located in Pahrump,
Nevada.
DEVILS HOLE WORKSHOP
May 7th
– 9th, 2008
Death
Valley National Park
Death
Valley, California
The Nye County Nuclear Waste
Repository Project Office (NWRPO) is pleased to
sponsor the 2008 Devils Hole Workshop, which will be
held at the Furnace Creek Visitor Center, in the
park. As in past years, the Workshop will be a
reasonably informal technical
conference.
Presentation and
discussion topics include information
related to the Death Valley Regional Ground Water
Flow System and surrounding area, including;
geology, hydrology, hydrogeology, aquatic
ecosystems, fish biology, geochemistry, riparian and
wetland areas, Yucca Mountain, the Nevada Test Site,
Nye, Clark and Inyo County issues, and of course,
Devils Hole.
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Contact
Darrell Lacy
Department Director
1210 E. Basin Rd., Ste 6
Pahrump, NV 89060
Ph: (775) 727-7727
Fax: (775) 727-7919
Hours
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday |
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