LAWMAKERS QUESTION DOE BIAS TOWARD YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY

Members of Nevada's congressional delegation and the state's governor are raising concerns that the Department of Energy (DOE) is biased towards siting the nation's spent nuclear fuel (SNF) repository at Yucca Mountain, NV, based on a host of findings in a report by DOE's Inspector General (IG). Among the findings are that department employees were discouraged from raising concerns about modeling techniques and that emails between the contractor and DOE disappeared due to a reported computer malfunction. But the IG...