{"id":14382,"date":"2025-01-15T20:18:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/?p=14382"},"modified":"2025-01-15T20:18:25","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:18:25","slug":"rosen-nevada-delegation-reintroduce-legislation-to-prevent-nuclear-waste-storage-at-yucca-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2025\/01\/15\/rosen-nevada-delegation-reintroduce-legislation-to-prevent-nuclear-waste-storage-at-yucca-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen, Nevada Delegation Reintroduce Legislation to Prevent Nuclear Waste Storage at Yucca Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013<\/strong> U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) reintroduced the bicameral Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act. <\/em>This legislation would guarantee state, tribal, and local officials are given a meaningful voice in the decision-making process when a nuclear waste repository is proposed in their community. Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV-01), Steven Horsford (D-NV-04) and Susie Lee (D-NV-03) have introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNevadans have been overwhelmingly clear in their opposition to making Nevada the nation\u2019s nuclear waste dumping ground,\u201d dijo el Senador Rosen.<\/strong> \u201cThis legislation will ensure that states like Nevada have a say in opposing the storage of nuclear waste in their backyard. I\u2019ll always fight against Washington\u2019s efforts to bring nuclear waste to our state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019ve said for years that Washington shouldn\u2019t have the unilateral authority to make decisions that will impact communities and the environment in the Silver State for generations to come,\u201d said Senator Cortez Masto<\/strong>. \u201cNevadans have made it clear, Yucca Mountain is dead. This legislation will give local and Tribal leaders the seat at the table they deserve in decision-making about nuclear repositories in their communities \u2013 in Nevada and across the country. I will continue to fight to make sure Nevadans\u2019 voices are heard.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver more than three decades and at every step in the process, the Yucca Mountain project has faltered because Nevadans do not want nuclear waste stored in our state,\u201d said Congresswoman Titus.<\/strong> \u201cWe must codify this opposition into law to protect the health and safety of our communities and guarantee a process that requires the consent of state, local, and tribal leaders. Nevada is not a nuclear waste land. We don\u2019t produce nuclear waste, and we shouldn\u2019t be forced to store it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNevadans will not stand by at attempts to make our state a nuclear dumping ground,\u201d said Congressman Horsford<\/strong>. <\/em><\/strong>\u201cOur public health is on the line; our environmental safety is on the line; our ability to feel secure in our communities is on the line \u2013 so our voices will not be silenced. I\u2019m proud to cosponsor the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act to require local consent for any attempt to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, and I will always work to prevent this ill-conceived project from moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNevada has made it clear for decades that we refuse to become the nation\u2019s nuclear dumping ground,\u201d said Congresswoman Lee<\/strong>. \u201cThis bill ensures that nuclear waste projects, like Yucca Mountain, cannot move forward without consent from the communities they affect. I\u2019ll continue fighting against attempts to revive Yucca Mountain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

los Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act<\/em> is based on recommendations from Department of Energy\u2019s (DOE) 2012 Blue Ribbon Commission on America\u2019s Nuclear Future and DOE\u2019s 2017 consent-based siting report. Accordingly, this bill would require that the Secretary of Energy secure written consent from the following entities before moving forward with a nuclear waste repository:<\/p>\n\n\n\n