United States – proposed geological repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada

In June 2008, the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a licence to construct a geologic repository for high-level nuclear waste and used nuclear fuel at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The application was prepared by the OCRWM. In September 2008, the NRC accepted the application for review. Upon completion of a comprehensive technical review, the NRC will conduct formal adjudicatory hearings. Based on the results of the licensing review and the formal hearings, the NRC will decide whether to authorise construction of the Yucca Mountain repository.