Wilson Signs Legislation Opposing NRC Chairman’s Unilateral Decision to Shut Down Yucca Mountain PDF Print E-mail
(West Columbia, SC) – In opposition to the Nuclear Regulatory Chairman (NRC) Gregory Jaczko’s efforts to shut down Yucca Mountain’s license application review, Congressman Joe Wilson has agreed to cosponsor H.Res.1732 to resist this unilateral decision. “The Nuclear Regulatory Chairman has no authority to unilaterally shut down Yucca Mountain.  Chairman Jaczko is operating under a fiscal budget proposal that has yet to be approved by Congress and therefore does not carry the force of the law.  “I find his attempts to terminate the review and throw away taxpayer dollars quite alarming. “This Administration should not turn their backs on a $10 billion investment and a 23-year bipartisan agreement to use Yucca Mountain as the nation’s nuclear waste depository,” said Congressman Joe Wilson.