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Links to Web Sites with High-Level Waste Information

See the Licensing Support Network (LSN) Library for discovery materials associated with the currently-suspended adjudicatory proceeding regarding construction authorization for the proposed Yucca Mountain high-level waste repository.

The following non-NRC Web sites also contain information related to high level waste disposal:

Federal Agencies

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Federally Funded Research and Development Centers

  • Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses - The Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses was established in 1987 as a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to resolve technical and regulatory issues related to a geologic repository for high- level nuclear waste

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Affected Units of Local Government (AULG)

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Indian Tribes with "Affected" Status

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Other Entities and Useful Tools

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Page Last Reviewed/Updated Tuesday, September 12, 2023