[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1123 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1123

 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
  the use of Yucca Mountain as the Nation's primary permanent nuclear 
                          waste storage site.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 26, 2010

    Mr. Barrett of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Wilson of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Inglis, and Mr. Brown of South Carolina) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and 
                                Commerce

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to 
  the use of Yucca Mountain as the Nation's primary permanent nuclear 
                          waste storage site.

Whereas Congress passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act in 1982, setting the stage 
        for a safe and permanent nuclear waste repository;
Whereas in 1987 Congress designated Yucca Mountain as the only option for a 
        long-term storage site;
Whereas Congress reaffirmed Yucca Mountain's designation of the only option for 
        a long-term storage site in 2002;
Whereas since 1982, the nuclear power industry, through ratepayers, has paid 
        over $16,000,000,000 into the Nuclear Waste Fund;
Whereas South Carolinians alone have contributed more than $1,200,000,000 into 
        the Nuclear Waste Fund;
Whereas the total spent for the preparation and construction of a permanent 
        storage site at Yucca Mountain has exceeded $10,000,000,000;
Whereas taxpayers will receive nothing for their substantial investment as a 
        result of the decision to abandon the Yucca Mountain project;
Whereas nuclear waste is stored at over 120 locations across the country, with 
        160,000,000 Americans living within 75 miles of one of these sites; and
Whereas the presence of so many storage facilities throughout the United States 
        presents a potential national security threat because each storage site 
        could be a target for terrorism: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) strongly believes that the decision to abandon the 23-
        year bipartisan project establishing Yucca Mountain as the 
        Nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site--
                    (A) is misguided and breaks a promise made to 
                certain States nearly 3 decades ago; and
                    (B) violates the letter of the law by extending the 
                length of time South Carolina and other States will be 
                forced to store nuclear waste; and
            (2) calls upon the President to honor the bipartisan 
        commitment made to taxpayers to establish Yucca Mountain as the 
        Nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site.
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