Earlier this year I reported that the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility had it funds cut by congress by one fifth which meant they would not make the dead line for licensing and therefore would have to shut down completely.
Now, according to a report in cooperative new magazine, the project will make the June 30th dead line. The Department of Energy, DOE, according to the Las Vagas Review Journal, said the it had shifted priorities, reassigned personal and focused on crucial licensing activities, with the result that the application is back on track.
The DOE said the facility might be reorganized as a government chartered corporation like the Tennessee Valley Authority or the Bonneville Power administration.
Is this light in a darkness of political agendas? Can't say for sure, but it is for sure a step in the right direction. Now we need to hit the phones and e-mails to our representatives to move forward on licensing and building new nuclear power plants in all parts of the country.
Good news always makes me know that my faith is not misplaced and the battle is truly joined!
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