The issue that has left states such as Connecticut with large quantities of nuclear waste is heading to Congress on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports.
A Michigan public service regulator is scheduled to testify before Congress during a hearing on the federal government’s decision not to build a high-level nuclear waste repository at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
Michigan Public Service Commissioner Greg White is to speak Wednesday on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and the Michigan agency.
He’ll be discussing the U.S. Department of Energy’s role in managing civilian radioactive waste. The hearing will take place before a House subcommittee on the environment and economy.
Because of the decision to close Yucca Mountain, nuclear plants must store their spent fuel at temporary sites on their property. Connecticut has two such sites: in Haddam, former location of Connecticut Yankee, and in Waterford, where Millstone Power Station operates.
A presidential commission was created last year after the longstanding plan to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain was canceled. The commission is looking for safe ways to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste.
