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				Energy  Nuclear Energy  Safety, Security, & Waste Disposal   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2000 Legislative Summary: Nuclear Waste   2000 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Energy and Water Development Appropriations   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2012 Legislative Summary: Energy-Water Appropriations   Jan. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis 2016 Appropriations: Energy-Water   Apr. 27, 2015 Legislative Analysis A Closed Nuclear Power Plant Can Impact a Community for Decades   Oct. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis A Long Half-Life For Public's Fears   Mar. 21, 2011 Legislative Analysis As Power Plants Close, Economic and Environmental Issues Linger   Oct. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. v. Natural Resources Defense Council Inc. (462 U.S. 87): Brief Summary   Jun. 6, 1983 Case Summary Beyond Yucca, A Blurry View   Apr. 27, 2009 Legislative Analysis Bill Cuts Back Yucca Mountain Funding   2005 Legislative Analysis Bill to Aid Brownfields Cleanup Passes House, Dies in Senate   2002 Legislative Analysis Bush, Hill Back Nuclear Waste Site   2002 Legislative Analysis Clinton Calls Nuclear Waste Bill     Legislative Analysis Court Decision Has Yucca Stuck Again   Jul. 17, 2004 Legislative Analysis Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group; Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Carolina Environmental Study Group: Brief Summary   Jun. 26, 1978 Case Summary Energy and Water Appropriations: The Battle for Yucca Mountain   Nov. 27, 2004 Legislative Analysis Energy Commission Report on Russian Nuclear Weapons: "A Report Card on the Department of Energy's Nonproliferation Program with Russia"Report of the Energy Commission on Russian Nuclear Weapons: "A Report Card on the Department of Energy's Nonproliferation Program with Russia"   Jan. 10, 2001 Primary Source Energy Secretary Calls Yucca Nuclear Waste Facility a 'Moral' Obligation   Jul. 10, 2017 Legislative Analysis Energy Subcommittee Approves More Funds for Yucca Project   Jun. 19, 2004 Legislative Analysis Energy Subcommittee OKs Major Reduction in Funding For Yucca Waste Facility   Jun. 12, 2004 Legislative Analysis Energy, Water Funds; Nuclear Waste Site, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis English v. General Electric Co.: Brief Summary   Jun. 4, 1990 Case Summary Failures of Congress Keep Nuclear Waste Scattered Across the U.S.   Oct. 9, 2018 Legislative Analysis Federal Facilities Cleanup, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Federal Facilities Cleanup, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 - 1992 Legislative Analysis Futurist: Waste Not, Want Not   Apr. 28, 2008 Legislative Analysis General Accounting Office (GAO) on Environmental Cleanup of U.S. Nuclear Weapons Plants by Department of Energy (DOE)   Aug. 10, 1994 Primary Source Goodyear Atomic Corp. v. Miller: Brief Summary   May 23, 1988 Case Summary High-Level Nuclear Waste     Encyclopedia Entry Hill Balks at Nukes Barter   Jul. 11, 2011 Legislative Analysis International Efforts to Denuclearize North Korea   Feb. 13, 2007 Primary Source International Leaders Reach Agreement on Iranian Nuclear Program   Nov. 24, 2013 Primary Source Japan Crisis Cools U.S. Nuclear Push   Mar. 21, 2011 Legislative Analysis Key House Vote of 2013: Yucca Mountain   Feb. 3, 2014 Legislative Analysis Learning by Example   Mar. 28, 2011 Legislative Analysis Left Holding the Bag on Tons of Nuclear Waste   May 1, 2006 Legislative Analysis Low-Level Nuclear Waste, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Low-Level Radioactive Waste     Encyclopedia Entry Managing Nuclear Waste   Jan. 28, 2011 CQ Researcher Nevada: Nuclear Waste Site, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis New York Nuclear Waste, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis News Conference with Secretary of Energy H. O'Leary on Radiation Experiments Conducted on U.S. Citizens during the Cold War Era   Dec. 7, 1993 Primary Source Nuclear Accident Insurance, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Accident Insurance, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Emergencies, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Energy Policy: A Stress Test   Mar. 28, 2011 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Plant Security, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Regulatory Commission Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1977   1976 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Security, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Disposal, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Dump, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1991 - 1992 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Issue as Hot as Ever Despite Senate OK of Nevada Site   Jul. 13, 2002 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Site, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Storage Bill Constraining EPA's Role Heads for Presidential Veto     Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Storage, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Storage, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Storage, 1999 Legislative Chronology   1999 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Storage, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Veto Likely To Be Sustained     Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste Veto Override Fails in Senate     Legislative Analysis Nuclear Waste, Effects of     Encyclopedia Entry Nuclear Waste   Jun. 8, 2001 CQ Researcher Nuclear Weapons Waste, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Nuclear, Chemical Industries, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Ocean Dumping, 1981-1982 Legislative Chronology   1981 - 1982 Legislative Analysis President J. Carter's Statements on the Use of Plutonium and Export Safeguards   Apr. 7, 1977 Primary Source Preventing Iran From Going Nuclear   Nov. 26, 2012 Legislative Analysis Radioactive Waste Disposal, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Radioactive Wastes, 1981-1982 Legislative Chronology   1981 - 1982 Legislative Analysis Report by the Presidential Commission on the Accident at Three Mile Island Proposing Changes in Nuclear Power Industry; President J. Carter's Assessment of the Report   Oct. 30, 1979 Primary Source Report of the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA): "Proliferation and the Former Soviet Union"   Sep. 24, 1994 Primary Source Senate Clears Energy-Water Bill; Yucca Nuclear Waste Funding Slashed   Oct. 19, 2009 Legislative Analysis Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.: Brief Summary   Jan. 11, 1984 Case Summary Some See Nuclear Waste as a Promising Business   Mar. 30, 2015 Legislative Analysis Statement of the Soviet Union on the Chernobyl Atomic Power Plant Disaster and U.S. Government Translation of the Soviet Report to the International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria   Apr. 28, 1986 Primary Source Superfund Overhaul, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Taking a Tougher Line on Iran's Nuclear Ambitions   Feb. 22, 2010 Legislative Analysis Testimony of Secretary of Energy H. O'Leary to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Concerning Human Radiation Experiments in 1940s-1970s   Jan. 25, 1994 Primary Source Texas Low-Level Waste Site, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis The Trump Budget: Nuclear Regulatory Commission   Jun. 26, 2017 Legislative Analysis The Waste Problem Continues to Weigh Down Nuclear Power   Feb. 24, 2020 Legislative Analysis The Yucca 'Albatross'   Mar. 30, 2015 Legislative Analysis Three Mile Island, 1981-1982 Legislative Chronology   1981 - 1982 Legislative Analysis Tri-State Radioactive Waste Pact, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis U.S. Department of Energy and Environment-Related Programs     Encyclopedia Entry UN Resolution and U.S. Intelligence Estimate on Iran's Nuclear Threat   Mar. 24, 2007 Primary Source United States v. Eurodif S.A.   Jan. 26, 2009 Case Summary Uranium Cleanup, 1997-1998 Legislative Chronology   1997 - 1998 Legislative Analysis Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act     Encyclopedia Entry Uranium Mill Waste, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council; Consumers Power Co. v. Aeschliman: Brief Summary   Apr. 3, 1978 Case Summary Weinberger v. Catholic Action of Hawaii/Peace Education Project (454 U.S. 139): Brief Summary   Dec. 1, 1981 Case Summary What won't be done: Energy-water   Oct. 29, 2012 Legislative Analysis With Yucca Mountain on Hold, Nuclear Waste Worries Grow   Oct. 26, 2009 Legislative Analysis Yucca Milestones   Jun. 26, 2004 Legislative Analysis Yucca Mountain     Encyclopedia Entry Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump, 1991-1992 Legislative Chronology   1992 Legislative Analysis Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site, 1997 Legislative Chronology   1997 Legislative Analysis Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site, 1998 Legislative Chronology   1998 Legislative Analysis
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