Federal Government Sites:

The White House

United States Department of Energy

Department of Energy National Transportation Program

Department of Energy Transportation External Coordination Working Group

Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office

Department of Energy Office of Scientific & Technical Information

Department of Energy NEPA Web Site

Department of Energy Foreign Research Reactor Spent Fuel Program

Department of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)

U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

U.S. Council on Environmental Quality

U.S. Department of Transportation

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Government Accountability Office

U.S. Geological Survey

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste

References

Affected Units of Local Government (AULG)

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act as amended (NWPA), designated the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada as the only site to be considered for a geologic repository for disposal of spent fuel and high-level nuclear waste. The NWPA also provided for "affected units of local government" (AULGs) within the vicinity of Yucca Mountain to oversee and participate in the Yucca Mountain Project. By affording AULG participation rights, Congress sought to increase public confidence in the scientific integrity of the repository program, provide citizens the means to interact with the federal government, and demonstrate a commitment to external oversight.

Nine counties in Nevada and one in California have been designated as affected counties. These counties are eligible under the NWPA to receive financial assistance for a variety of purposes, including:

Counties of Nevada and California with "Affected" Status

• Clark County Nuclear Waste Division
• Churchill County, Nevada
• Esmeralda County, Nevada
• Eureka County, Nevada Nuclear Waste Page
• Inyo County Yucca Mountain Repository Assessment Office
• Lander County, Nevada
• Lincoln County, Nevada
• Mineral County, Nevada
• Nye County Nuclear Waste Repository Project
• White Pine County, Nevada

Indian Tribes with "Affected" Status

• Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
  

Regional Web Sites

• Council of State Governments
• Council of State Governments/Eastern Regional Conference
• Council of State Governments-Midwestern Office
• National Conference of State Legislatures
• National Congress of American Indians
• Southern States Energy Board
• Western Governors' Association
• Western Interstate Energy Board

International Links



• Belgium - Belgian Nuclear Research Centre  The Belgian Nuclear Research Centre is a federal organization for scientific research in the field of safe and peaceful applications of nuclear energy for industrial and medical use.
  
  
• Canada - Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL)  AECL is a leading vendor of nuclear power reactors, engages in a wide range of R&D activities and provides nuclear engineering products and services to customers world-wide in nuclear and related industries.
  
  
• Finland - Posiva  Posiva's task is the practical implementation of the society's decisions related to nuclear waste management.
  
  
• France - National Radwaste Management Board (ANDRA)  The missions of ANDRA are the planning and inventory of all forms of radwaste on French territory and the management of short-life and long-life nuclear waste.
  
  
• Germany - DBE  DBE constructs and operates Federal facilities for radioactive waste final disposal.
  
  
• Spain - ENRESA  ENRESA's mission is to manage the radioactive wastes generated in Spain. 
  
  
• Sweden - Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)  SKB is responsible for dealing with the management and disposal of the radioactive waste from the nuclear power plants and from hospitals, industries and research institutions. 
  
  
• Switzerland - National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (Nagra)  The aim of Nagra is to prepare the technical and scientific basis for safe management of radioactive waste. 
  
  
• United Kingdom - Nirex  Nirex was set up to examine safe, environmental and economic aspects of deep geological disposal.  It deals with intermediate-level waste, which accounts for the majority of radioactive waste currently in storage, and also with some low-level waste. 
  
  
• International Atomic Energy Agency - (IAEA)  The IAEA serves as the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field, and as the international inspectorate for the application of nuclear safeguards and verification measures covering civilian nuclear programmes.
  
  
• Nuclear Energy Agency - (NEA)  The mission of the NEA is to assist its Member countries in maintaining and further developing, through international co-operation, the scientific, technological and legal bases required for the safe, environmentally friendly and economical use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. Other Perspectives African American Environmentalist Association Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance National Academy of Sciences National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners The Nuclear Energy Institute The Sierra Club

NEPA Task Force - council on environmental quality

• Nuclear Control Institute
• The American Nuclear Society (ANS)

• African American Environmentalist Association
• Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance
• National Academy of Sciences
• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
• The Nuclear Energy Institute
• The Sierra Club