This page contains brief responses to questions
about Yucca Mountain Project issues that may
affect Nye County residents. You can find
additional information in
Fact Sheets
about the Yucca Mountain Project that cover a
range of topics, from "facts about radiation" to
"why do scientists think a repository will
work?"
Where in Nye
County is the Yucca Mountain repository located?
Yucca Mountain is
located at the
edge of the Nevada Test Site where more than 900
nuclear weapons tests have been conducted. With
approximately 1,375 square miles, this site is
surrounded by thousands of additional acres of
land withdrawn from the public domain for use as
a protected wildlife range and for a military
gunnery range, creating an unpopulated land area
comprising some 5,470 square miles. The U.S. Air
Force Nevada Test and Training Range (formerly
called the Nellis Air Force Range) — with its
restricted airspace and defensive capabilities —
surrounds the Yucca Mountain area on three
sides.
What is Nye
County's Policy Regarding the Yucca Mountain
Project?
Nye County "believes the project should be
conducted under conditions that ensure the
safety of its citizens and that provide for
long-term success" (Community
Protection Plan, Approved August
2006).
Nye County intends to "engage energetically and
constructively with DOE as the project proceeds
(Board
of County Commissioners Resolution 2002-22).
What is the
Licensing Support Network?
The LSN is a web-based information system
containing documentary material relevant to the
Department of Energy's (DOE) planned license
application for a high-level radioactive waste
repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The LSN is
intended to provide public access to relevant
information prior to submittal of the license
application.
All potential parties to the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission's licensing proceeding,
including Nye County, are required to place
relevant documentary material in the LSN. The
NRC's regulations for the LSN are found in Title
10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2, Subpart
J
“Procedures
Applicable to Proceedings for the Issuance of
Licenses for the Receipt of High-Level
Radioactive Waste at a Geologic Repository”.
The Nye County LSN document collection was
certified on January 17, 2008.
You can access the LSN on the Internet at
http://www.lsnnet.gov.
If you do not have access to the Internet, you
can find public Internet access at the following
locations:
