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Nuclear Waste Disposal Siting
Published on AidPage by IDILOGIC on Jun 24, 2005
Program accomplishments...
The following groups received grants (short titles are provided): Clark County (Emergency Response Planning System and Advanced Transportation Technologies); Inyo County (Death Valley Regional Groundwater Monitoring Program); National Academy of Science (NAS)(Transportation of Radioactive Waste); National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)(Support review and activities with DOE/OCRWM); National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)(Collection & Distribution of Nuclear Waste & Spent Fuel Policy information to State Legislatures); Nye County (Early Warning Drilling Program); Nye County (Independent assessment of the Yucca Mountain Trans. issues and concerns. Unique to the Destination County); University & Community College System Of Nevada (UCCSN) (Scientific and Engineering Activities); and Western Interstate Energy Board (WIEB) (Regional Coordination and analysis of the OCRWM Transportation Program). Direct payments were provided to the State of Nevada and Churchill, Clark, Esmeralda, Eureka, Inyo, Lander, Lincoln, Mineral, and Nye counties. These units of government receive funding assistance for the purpose of conducting oversight of Yucca Mountain activities. Additionally, direct payments are made to the State of Nevada, Nye County, and Clark County, in the form of Payments Equal to Taxes (PETT).
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