Senator Alexander probes the $0 NRC Yucca Mountain budget request
Senator Alexander asserts that the NRC has a legal obligation to review the Yucca Mountain storage facility's license application. He also points out that the agency has estimated that completing the process will cost approximately $330 million, yet agency's FY2017 does not request any money.
NRC Chairman Steven Burns points out that the request is "the Administration's request." Not stated, but clearly implied is the fact that the agency would have submitted a request for more than $0 for Yucca license review activities in FY2017.