NUCLEAR IN PROJECT 2025 - Privatizing nuclear waste, new a

[Oscar]

NUCLEAR IN PROJECT 2025 - Privatizing nuclear waste, new atomic tests

[ https://static.project2025.org/2025_Man ... p_FULL.pdf ]

The ominous Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership that may well underpin future Republican policy, is bursting with dangerous rhetoric inviting nuclear war, especially in its provocative stance toward China and the recommendation to “restore readiness to test nuclear weapons” in Nevada. The content around nuclear power is surprisingly limp and unoriginal, including to “streamline the nuclear regulatory requirements and licensing process,” already in play under the ADVANCE Act. It suggests “DOE should recommit to working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission” on the permit application for the Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository while admitting that “Finishing the review does not mean that Yucca Mountain will be completed and operational.” It also wants nuclear waste management delivered into the private sector.

More . . .