Victory in Yucca Mountain Lawsuit; Statement of Public Citizen President Joan Claybrook + UPDATES !

2004-07-09

Court Overrules Government’s Lax Radiation Standards for Nuclear Waste

Today’s ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) illegally set its radiation release standards for groundwater for the proposed high-level radioactive waste dump at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, marks a major victory for citizens of Nevada, for the environment and for science over politics.

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