June, 2004

• Yucca Mountain Documents Made Available for Licensing Proceeding
  
  

April, 2004

• DOE Schedules Public Scoping Meetings For the Yucca Mountain Caliente Rail Corridor EIS
  
  
• DOE Says it will Use Rail for Transportation to Yucca Mountain Repository; Selects Proposed Caliente Corridor as Nevada Route
  
  

March, 2004

• Department of Energy Retains Hunton and Williams Law Firm For Work on Yucca Mountain Project
  
  

January, 2004

• DOE Yucca Mountain Office Announces Silicosis Screening Program for Current and Former Yucca Mountain Workers
  
  

December, 2003

• Yucca Mountain Project Office Identifies Caliente as Preferred Corridor for Construction of Rail Line to Serve Repository
  
  

July, 2002

• Abraham Praises U.S. Senate Approval of Yucca Mountain
  
  

June, 2002

• Yucca Mountain Office Statement on Nevada Earthquake Report
  
  
• Abraham Praises Senate Energy Committee's Bipartisan Support of
  Yucca Mountain Resolution
  

May, 2002

• Abraham Praises House of Representatives' Overwhelming Bipartisan Support of Yucca Mountain
  
  

  March, 2002

• Margaret Chu Sworn-In as Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive
  Waste Management
  

February, 2002

• Secretary Abraham Recommends Yucca Mountain Site To
  President Bush Citing “Sound Science” and “Compelling National Interests”

• Secretary of Energy Unveils DOE '03 Budget
  

January, 2002

• Energy Department Welcomes NWTRB Report: 'No Individual Technical or Scientific Factor' Eliminates Yucca Mountain

• The Department of Energy Notifies Nevada of Intent to Approve Yucca Mountain as National Nuclear Waste Repository
  

December, 2001

• Department of Energy Denies Nevada's Request To Stay Yucca Mountain Site Suitability Guidelines

• Department of Energy Extends Hours for Final Yucca Mountain Hearings
  

November, 2001

• Secretary Abraham Responds to Draft GAO Report

• Energy Secretary Abraham Orders Additional Public Hearings on
  Yucca Mountain Project

• Energy Secretary Orders Supplemental 30-Day Comment Period on
  Yucca Mountain Project
  

October, 2001

• DOE To Host "Open House" At Yucca Mountain Site

• Las Vegas Science Center Open to Midnight, October 19th to Accommodate Public Input on Yucca Mountain Project

• Abraham Orders Extension of Comment Period on Yucca Mountain Project To Friday, October 19, 2001
  

September, 2001

• Abraham Orders Yucca Mountain Project Hearing Sessions

• DOE Opens Las Vegas Science Center To Serve As Extended Hearing Facility for Yucca Mountain Project

• Department of Energy Reschedules Yucca Mountain Hearings

• Secretary of Energy Expands Public Input Process To Provide Nevada Citizens Increased Opportunities To Comment on Yucca Mountain Project
  

August, 2001

• Location Change Announced for Las Vegas Hearing on Yucca Mountain Site Consideration; Video Linkups Added for Reno, Carson City, and Elko, Nevada

• Energy Secretary Announces Key Steps in Site Analysis of Yucca Mountain
  
  

  May, 2001

• DOE Issues Yucca Mountain Science & Engineering Report, Supplement to Environmental Impact Information & Project Cost Estimates
  
  
• DOE Quality Assurance Support Contract Awarded
  
  

  April, 2001

• Statement of Secretary of Energy Abraham on Release of Inspector General’s Report on Yucca Mountain

March, 2000

• The Federal Government Appeals Denial of Yucca Mountain
  Water Permits

  January, 2000

• DOE Seeks Comments on Proposed Yucca Mountain Regulations

  August, 1999

• DOE Releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement For Potential Repository at Yucca Mountain

  February, 1999

• Notice to News Directors and Editors

  December, 1998

• Secretary Richardson Submits Viability Assessment to the President and the Congress