IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. RES. 1732 
Condemning the unilateral decision of the Chairman of the Nuclear Regu-
latory Commission to begin the closure of the Yucca Mountain license 
application review and calling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to resume license application review activities immediately pending fur-
ther direction from Congress. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 18, 2010 
Mr. SIMPSON (for himself, Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. WAMP, Mr. HASTINGS 
of Washington, Mr. REHBERG, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. FRELING-
HUYSEN, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. RYAN 
of Wisconsin, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. WHITFIELD, and Mr. 
BARTON of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred 
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
RESOLUTION 
Condemning the unilateral decision of the Chairman of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to begin the closure of 
the Yucca Mountain license application review and calling 
on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resume license 
application review activities immediately pending further 
direction from Congress. 
Whereas in 1987 Congress amended the Nuclear Waste Pol-
icy Act of 1982 by designating Yucca Mountain as the 
only option for a long-term storage site by a vote of 237– 
181 in the House of Representatives and 61–28 in the 
Senate; 
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Whereas Congress reaffirmed Yucca Mountain’s designation 
as the only option for a long-term storage site in 2002 
by a vote of 306–117 in the House of Representatives 
and 60–39 in the Senate; 
Whereas in 2007 the House of Representatives overwhelm-
ingly rejected by a vote of 80–351 an attempt to elimi-
nate funding for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dis-
posal program; 
Whereas the Department of Energy has already collected 
$24,000,000,000 in fees from nuclear utilities and their 
ratepayers; 
Whereas the Federal taxpayer has already spent over 
$8,500,000,000 studying Yucca Mountain as the perma-
nent site for nuclear waste storage; 
Whereas the Department of Energy total liability for breach 
of contracts requiring disposal of spent nuclear fuel and 
high-level waste from civilian nuclear reactors could reach 
as much as $50,000,000,000; 
Whereas the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Atomic Safety 
and Licensing Board found that the Department of En-
ergy cannot legally withdraw the Yucca Mountain license 
application; 
Whereas the Fiscal Year 2010 Energy and Water Develop-
ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act provided 
funding to continue the Yucca Mountain license applica-
tion; 
Whereas Congress has provided no funding for activities re-
lated to the closure of the Yucca Mountain license appli-
cation; 
Whereas the Fiscal Year 2011 Continuing Resolution pro-
vided no funding to undertake new initiatives; 
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Whereas the House Republican members of the Energy and 
Water Appropriations Subcommittee stated in a letter 
dated October 20, 2010, that they expect the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission to continue its fiscal year 2010 
licensing activities until Congress provides additional di-
rection and funding; 
Whereas 2 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Commissioners 
disagreed with the decision to begin orderly closure of 
Yucca Mountain license application review activities and 
noted that closure is inconsistent with the Continuing 
Resolution; and 
Whereas the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspector Gen-
eral has launched an investigation of the Chairman’s uni-
lateral decision to terminate the review of the Yucca 
Mountain application: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) condemns the unilateral decision of the 
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to 
begin the closure of the Yucca Mountain license ap-
plication review; and 
(2) calls on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 
to resume license application review activities imme-
diately pending further direction from Congress. 
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