Yucca Mountain Archival Documents From the Former Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management

View archival Yucca Mountain documents that were previously posted on the website for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management. Additional Yucca Mountain license application-related documents are available through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Licensing Support Network Web site. You may also wish to visit the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Web site.

The license application is available to the public in hard copy at the following locations:

  • Beatty Library District, 4th Street and Ward, Beatty, NV 89003, (775) 553-2257
  • Atomic Testing Museum, Public Reading Room, Frank H. Rogers Building, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Suite 103, Las Vegas, NV 89119, (702) 794-5117
  • DOE Forrestal Public Reading Room, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, Room 1G-033, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-3142
  • Pahrump Community Library, 701 S. East Street, Pahrump, NV 89048, (775) 727-5930
  • Amargosa Valley Public Library, 829 E. Farm Road, Amargosa, NV 89020, (775) 372-5340

Archived Yucca Mountain Documents

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Motion to Withdraw from Yucca Mountain application
March 3, 2010
DOE's withdraws it's pending license application for a permanent geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
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Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management-Quality Assurance Requirements and Description
December 30, 2008
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The Report To The President And The Congress By The Secretary Of Energy On The Need For A Second Repository
December 9, 2008
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Report to Congress on Plan for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Reactors
December 1, 2008
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EIS-0250-S3: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement
October 24, 2008
Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
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EIS-0369: Floodplain Statement of Finding
October 11, 2008
Rail Alignment for the Construction and Operation of a Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
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EIS-0250-S2 and EIS-0369: Record of Decision and Floodplain Statement of Findings
October 11, 2008
Nevada Rail Alignment for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
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Fiscal Year 2007 Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Fee Adequacy Assessment Report
July 1, 2008
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EIS-0250-S1: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
June 2, 2008
Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
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USA RS Basic Contract - Contract No.: DE-RW0000005
May 13, 2008
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Photos from Yucca Mountain

Yucca Mountain

1/13 Fuel assembly for production of nuclear power
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2/13 Nuclear fuel pellets
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3/13 Aerial view of north end of the Yucca Mountain crest in February 1993
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4/13 View of the first curve in the main drift of the Exploratory Studies Facility in October 1995
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5/13 Aerial view of the crest of Yucca Mountain
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6/13 Location of Yucca Mountain, Nevada
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7/13 A scientist uses ultra-violet light to study how fluids move through rock
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8/13 GA-4 spent fuel truck transportation cask
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9/13 The NAC-STC cask may be used for storage or rail transportation
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10/13 Locomotive pushing two rail casks at the Idaho National Laboratory
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11/13 Illustration showing relative sizes of typical rail and truck casks
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12/13 Illustration depicting satellite tracking of shipments
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13/13 A truck cask with its lid removed
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