Paul Golan
Paul Golan
good location mountain safer secure storage temporary
Yucca Mountain is a good site. It is a safer and more secure location than the temporary storage options.
assurance best despite fact license nuclear quality replace science
Despite the fact that the science is consistent, our quality assurance requirements were not met, which is a requirement for submitting a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. We find it best to just replace this work.
assess bringing ensure expertise highest level move oak project reviews technical
By bringing in Oak Ridge for independent reviews to assess our technical work, we ensure the highest level of expertise and credibility as we move the project forward.
planning scenario waste
Under today's scenario we are planning to put reprocessed waste into Yucca Mountain.
next open
We should be able to open it next decade.
capacity next run sometime
We run into the statutory capacity sometime next decade.
based committed mountain opening path question report sound work
We are committed to opening Yucca Mountain based only on sound science. The work that we do must be without question or qualification, and this report confirms that we are on the right path forward.
areas candidate country looked map provide second sites start time
We would start with the candidate sites that we looked at the first time and provide a map of the areas around the country that have the geological strata that would make those appropriate for second repositories.