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A review of the documentary 'To Use a Mountain' that traces the stalled push to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, highlighting the human cost to rural and Indigenous communities, the DOE’s utilitarian approach, and the broader environmental justice issues tied to nuclear policy, all told through an impressionistic, human-centered cinematic style.
Tennessee, Utah, Louisiana, Idaho, and Oklahoma propose non-binding agreements to host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses, which would manage spent nuclear fuel and support related activities like enrichment, reprocessing, fuel fabrication, and potentially advanced reactors, aiming to attract up to $50 billion in private investment and $10 billion in tax revenues as part of a Biden/Trump-era push to revive US nuclear power; Yucca Mountain remains stalled.
The White House is circulating a draft that would let the Department of Energy partner with willing states to host fully integrated nuclear-fuel-cycle campuses for waste storage, recycling, and related activities, effectively ending Yucca Mountain as the nation’s sole repository. The plan calls for legal changes, a revamped waste classification system, and an interim storage option for reprocessing, aiming to spur nuclear growth and attract new business (including data centers), while potentially restarting disposal fees. With about 95,000 metric tons of waste already on hand and more states weighing proposals, DOE expects to announce campus selections later this summer amid ongoing political and legal hurdles.