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Abraham reccomends a repository be developed
Secretary Spencer Abraham officially recommends to President Bush that a nuclear waste repository be developed at Yucca Mountain. -
Bush gives approval
Only a day after a it was reccomended by Abraham president Bush gives his thumbs up on the Yucca Mountain project. -
Senate cast vote for development
On July 9, the U.S. Senate cast the final vote approving the development of a repository at Yucca Mountain -
Bush signs house resolution 87
President Bush signed House Joint Resolution 87, allowing to take the next step in establishing a safe repository in which to store our nation's nuclear waste. -
temperature concerns rise with NWTRB
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board releases a report in November expressing concerns about the high temperature of the proposed repository. -
lawsuit denied
Federal judge denies Western Shoshone's lawsuit against project. Tribe cites sacredness of Mother Earth and rights under the Ruby Valley Treaty of 1863. -
appication delayed
the DOE announces that it will not submit its Yucca Mountain license application to the NRC in December 2004 as planned. A revised schedule for the project is expected to be released by February 2005. -
funding given to project
Nuclear Regulatory Commission panel rejects Nevada challenge to database. Congress cuts Yucca Mountain budget to $390 million in fiscal 2008, $104 million less than Bush requested. -
licenses submitted
the DOE submitted a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission seeking authorization to build the repository. -
NCR givers response
the NRC Staff responded to the NRC's Licensing Hearing Board’s July 2, 2009 order concerning scheduling. -
funding said to be eliminated
the DOE will discontinue its applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a license to construct a high-level waste geological repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. -
NRC grants resolution
The NRC Licensing Board granted the stay motion pending resolution of DOE'S then-expected motion to withdraw the license application. -
Ferguson v. Obama
the Court of appeals against the DOE and President Obama purporting to seek review of the "final action of the President and Secretary of Energy to abandon and not to proceed with plans to apply for a license for, and to build, a repository for high level radioactive waste at Yucca Mountain.”
