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The license application will be accompanied by DOE’s Final Environmental Impact Statement for a Geological Repository for the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, in support of receiving construction authorization and, ultimately, a license to receive and possess waste.

The NRC is the licensing and regulatory agency that will make the final decision on whether the DOE is allowed to proceed with construction and subsequent licensing to operate the repository.

In July of 2006, the Department announced plans to submit a license application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by June 30, 2008, and to initiate repository operations in 2017. This opening date of 2017 is a "best-achievable schedule" and is predicated upon enactment of new legislation.

Last reviewed: 12/07

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• NRC Licensing Support Network
  
  
• Yucca Mountain Review Plan
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Contents of the License Application
  
  
• Fact Sheet: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Role in the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Licensing Process for a Repository
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Licensing Support Network
  
  
• FAQs: Licensing Support Network
  
  
• Fact Sheet: Repository Licensing Overview