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# Key Documents

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        - NRC Staff's Safety Evaluation Report
        - NRC Staff's Environmental Review
        - DOE License Application and related Documents
        - NRC Staff Monthly Status Reports

## NRC Staff's Safety Evaluation Report

**NRC Issues First Volume of Staff's Safety Evaluation Report (August 23, 2010)**
        - News Release
        - NUREG-1949, Volume 1 , "Safety Evaluation Report Related to Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Volume 1: General Information"

**NRC Issues Volume 2 of Staff's Safety Evaluation Report (January 29, 2015)**
        - News Release
        - NUREG-1949, Volume 2 , "Safety Evaluation Report Related to Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Volume 2: Repository Safety Before Permanent Closure"

**NRC Issues Volume 3 of Staff's Safety Evaluation Report (October 16, 2014)**
        - News Release
        - NUREG-1949, Volume 3 , "Safety Evaluation Report Related to Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Volume 3: Repository Safety After Permanent Closure"

**NRC Issues Volume 4 of Staff's Safety Evaluation Report (December 18, 2014)**
        - News Release
        - NUREG-1949, Volume 4 , "Safety Evaluation Report Related to Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Volume 4: Administrative and Programmatic Volume"

**NRC Issues Volume 5 of Staff's Safety Evaluation Report (January 29, 2015)**
        - News Release
        - NUREG-1949, Volume 5,  "Safety Evaluation Report Related to Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Volume 5: Proposed Conditions on the Construction Authorization and Probable Subjects of License Specifications"

## NRC Staff's Environmental Review

**NRC Staff's Adoption Determination Report (September 2008)**
        - News Release
        - "U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Staff's Adoption Determination Report for the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Impact Statements for the Proposed Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain"

**Notice of Intent to Prepare Supplement to Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement (March 2015)**
        - News Release
        - *Federal Register* Notice of March 12, 2015, announcing the NRC staff's intent to prepare the supplement .

**Draft Supplement to Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement****for Public Comment (August 2015)**
        - News Release
        - *Federal Register* Notice of August 21, 2015, announcing the availability of the draft supplement for public comment and the start of the public comment period .
        - *Federal Register*Notice of September 18, 2015, announcing an extension of the public comment period until November 20, 2015 .
        - " Supplement to the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, Draft Report For Comment (NUREG-2184) "
        - References to the Draft Supplement

**Final Supplement to Yucca Mountain Environmental Impact Statement (May 2016)**
        - News Release
        - Federal Register Notice  of May 13, 2016, announcing the availability of the final supplement.
        - " Supplement to the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Impact Statement for a Geologic Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, Final Report (NUREG-2184) "
        - Correction:   In the references section (Chapter 6) of NUREG-2184, the ADAMS accession number for a reference listed on page 6-1 is incorrect.  The correct accession number for this reference is  ML072200594 :   	69 FR 52040. "Policy Statement on the Treatment of Environmental Justice Matters in NRC." Regulatory and Licensing Actions. Federal Register. Washington, DC: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 2004.

**Public Meeting Information**

**Process Meeting**

**Comment Meetings**

**Meeting Handouts**
        - NRC Staff Review of the Yucca Mountain License Application
        - Commenting on the EIS Supplement
        - Backgrounder: Licensing Yucca Mountain

**Posters**
        - Fossil Springs and Past Groundwater Flow
        - Springs & Playas in the Amargosa Area 
        - Regional Groundwater Flow System 

## DOE License Application and related Documents

On June 3, 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) submitted a license application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), seeking authorization to construct a high-level waste geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

For details, see these documents and correspondence from DOE.

***Note:****Portions of DOE's Yucca Mountain Geologic Repository license application were submitted with bookmarks, as well as hyperlinks to various reference documents (such as the Design Control Documents). However, those bookmarks and hyperlinks are currently inactive in the files that are publicly available through the links provided above.   Nonetheless, the various reference documents may be obtained by contacting the staff of the NRC's**Public Document Room**.*

## NRC Staff's Monthly Status Reports

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