YUCCA FACTS

The Center for Yucca Facts is of, by and for Nevadans.

The purpose of this website is to provide factual and scientific information on the proposed nuclear waste repository being built at Yucca Mountain in southern Nevada.

The authors of the site are not advocates for the project; however, we believe that much of the information the public has received in the past is disingenuous and often deals with hypothetical scenarios - such as a rail car being blown up in downtown Reno with a shoulder-launched rocket by an illegal alien from the roof of the Silver Legacy shouting “Allāhu Akbar!”

We believe the Nevada’s single-minded, unbending opposition to the Yucca Mountain project has not permitted a balanced appraisal of it. For example, we have never officially explored what funding might be available to build roads and rail lines which would ensure that any waste is not trucked through the middle of Las Vegas or Reno.

Nevada has steadfastly refused to sit at the table with representatives of the federal government over Yucca Mountain. Failing to do so is hurting Nevadans in both the oversight of the project and in preparing any kind of “Plan B” should the facility ultimately be licensed.

We hope that by better understanding the advantages and disadvantages the state might receive by hosting the repository, as well as safety assurances the state must continue to insist upon, combined with the progress being made in the area of reprocessing, that the state’s elected officials will consider changing to a neutral position on Yucca Mountain and allow an unbiased assessment of the project.

Center for Yucca Facts
A project of Citizen Outreach