Click icon above if you would like to download Acrobat  Reader

A series of Nye County Department of Natural Resources and Federal Facilities White Papers have been developed to provide information on issues related to the potential siting of a high-level nuclear repository at Yucca Mountain.

The white papers require Adobe Acrobat reader in order for the contents to be viewed. 

WHITE PAPERS 

Nye County Nuclear Project Assessment Report #1 - "Cost and Consequence:  The USDOE Recommendation of Yucca Mountain and the Management of the Nation's Highly Radioactive Wastes" (198KB)

White Paper No. 2 - "Federal Land and Facilities in Nye County" (270KB)

White Paper No. 3 - "The Nye County Nuclear Burden" (128 KB)

White Paper No. 4 - "Transferring the Nation's Nuclear Waste Burden to Nye County" (103 KB)

White Paper No. 5 - "Nuclear Facility Siting and Operation: Protecting Site County" (59 KB)

White Paper No. 6 - "Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Oversite Program" (88 KB)

White Paper No. 7 - "Groundwater Availability and Quality Issues" (802KB)

White Paper No. 10 - "Nye County Comprehensive Community Protection Plan" (110 KB)

White Paper No. 12 - "Centralized Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel" (54 KB)

White Paper No. 13 - "DOE's High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal Program: The Funding Problem" (59 KB)

White Paper No. 15 - "Post Licensing Oversight" (53 KB)

White Paper No. 16 - "Ongoing Institutional Oversight: Financial Assurances" (50 KB)