Yucca Mountain Archival Documents

Department of Energy

You are here

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

Motion to Withdraw from Yucca Mountain application

March 3, 2010

Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management-Quality Assurance Requirements and Description

A report detailling the requirements and description of the Quality Assurance program.

December 30, 2008

The Report To The President And The Congress By The Secretary Of Energy On The Need For A Second Repository

This report is prepared pursuant to Section 161 of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, which requires the Secretary of Energy to report to the...

December 9, 2008

Report to Congress on Plan for Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel from Decommissioned Reactors

December 1, 2008

EIS-0250-S3: Notice of Intent to Prepare a Supplement to the Environmental Impact Statement

Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

October 24, 2008

EIS-0369: Floodplain Statement of Finding

Rail Alignment for the Construction and Operation of a Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

October 10, 2008

EIS-0250-S2 and EIS-0369: Record of Decision and Floodplain Statement of Findings

Nevada Rail Alignment for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

October 10, 2008

Fiscal Year 2007 Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Fee Adequacy Assessment Report

U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Fee Adequacy Assessment Report is to present an analysis of the adequacy...

July 1, 2008

EIS-0250-S1: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

June 2, 2008

USA RS Basic Contract - Contract No.: DE-RW0000005

This document describes the Statement of Work (SOW) of the Management and Operating Contractor (M&O) Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy...

May 13, 2008

Photos from Yucca Mountain

Fuel assembly for production of nuclear power

1/13Fuel assembly for production of nuclear power

Nuclear fuel pellets

2/13Nuclear fuel pellets

Aerial view of north end of the Yucca Mountain crest in February 1993

3/13Aerial view of north end of the Yucca Mountain crest in February 1993

View of the first curve in the main drift of the Exploratory Studies Facility in October 1995

4/13View of the first curve in the main drift of the Exploratory Studies Facility in October 1995

Aerial view of the crest of Yucca Mountain

5/13Aerial view of the crest of Yucca Mountain

Location of Yucca Mountain, Nevada

6/13Location of Yucca Mountain, Nevada

A scientist uses ultra-violet light to study how fluids move through rock

7/13A scientist uses ultra-violet light to study how fluids move through rock

GA-4 spent fuel truck transportation cask

8/13GA-4 spent fuel truck transportation cask

The NAC-STC cask may be used for storage or rail transportation

9/13The NAC-STC cask may be used for storage or rail transportation

Locomotive pushing two rail casks at the Idaho National Laboratory

10/13Locomotive pushing two rail casks at the Idaho National Laboratory

Illustration showing relative sizes of typical rail and truck casks

11/13Illustration showing relative sizes of typical rail and truck casks

Illustration depicting satellite tracking of shipments

12/13Illustration depicting satellite tracking of shipments

A truck cask with its lid removed

13/13A truck cask with its lid removed