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Esmeralda County Public Survey Results

Esmeralda County School students conducted approximately 250 face to face surveys in order to ascertain the views and knowledge of the Yucca Mountain Repository Program survey focused on questions and issues that have been the subject of national and other Nevada county survey efforts related to nuclear energy and Yucca Mountain. The purpose for using these questions is to compare Esmeralda County survey responses with responses from other Nevada and national survey efforts.

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The Nuclear Waste Policy Act as amended (NWPA), designated the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada as the only site to be considered for a geologic repository for disposal of spent fuel and high-level nuclear waste. The NWPA also provided for the Affected Units of Local Government (AULG) within the vicinity of Yucca Mountain to oversee and participate in the Yucca Mountain Project. By affording AULG participation rights, Congress sought to increase public confidence in the scientific integrity of the repository program, provide citizens the means to interact with the federal government, and demonstrate a commitment to external oversight.

Esmeralda County is one of ten counties designated as an affected unit of local government (AULG).

Esmeralda County has been overseeing the site characterization of Yucca Mountain since 1988 even though Esmeralda County was not granted "affected" status by the U.S. Department of Energy until 1991 after successful joint petition with Inyo County, California, to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Esmeralda County's proximity to the proposed repository in neighboring Nye County and its location on a potential highway route and on three of the proposed rail routes make it vitally interested in the environmental, health and safety impacts of the project and in the socioeconomic effects arising from siting, construction and operation of the proposed repository. More related information

Supporting Esmeralda County, the public & County Commissioners on Yucca Mountain Project issues and activities.
Ed Mueller and Pat Aumaugher are available at the ROP office to answer questions. Please drop by if you have questions or need more information. The ROP office is also an official reading room and maintains a library of pertinent documents related to the proposed Yucca Mountain Repository, as well as brochures and videos for public information.
Pat Aumaugher Office Manager
Ed Mueller Director Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program
Goldfield Science Center

Ed Mueller, Director Esmeralda County Repository Oversight Program
PO Box 490
274 E. Crook Avenue
Goldfield, NV 89103
775-485-3419 Office
775-485-3429 Fax

The U.S. Department of Energy submitted an 8,600-page application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission June, 2008 to store nuclear waste underground at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

Delivering the License Application to the NRC headquarters in MD.

August 5, 2008

U.S. Department of Energy Releases Revised Total System Life Cycle Cost Estimate and Fee Adequacy Report for Yucca Mountain Project