<P> One point of concern has been the standard of radiation emission from 10,000 years to 1,000,000 years into the future . On August 9, 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency proposed a limit of 350 millirem per year for that period . In October 2007, the DOE issued a draft of the Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement in which it shows that for the first 10,000 years mean public dose would be 0.24 mrem / year and that thereafter to 1,000,000 years the median public dose would be 0.98 mrem / year, both of which are substantially below the proposed EPA limit . For comparison, a hip x-ray results in a dose around 83 mrem and a CT head or chest scan results in around 1,110 mrem . Annually, in the United States, an individual's doses from background radiation is about 350 mrem, although some places get more than twice that . </P> <P> On February 12, 2002, U.S. Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham made the decision that this site was suitable to be the nation's nuclear repository . The governor of Nevada had 90 days to object and did so . However, the United States Congress overrode the objection . If the governor's objection had stood the project would have been abandoned and a new site chosen . In August 2004, the repository became an election issue, when Senator John Kerry (D) said that he would abandon the plans if elected . </P> <P> In March 2005, the Energy and Interior departments revealed that several U.S. Geological Survey hydrologists had exchanged e-mails discussing possible falsification of quality assurance documents on water infiltration research . On February 17, 2006, the DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) released a report confirming the technical soundness of infiltration modeling work performed by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) employees . In March 2006, the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Majority Staff issued a 25 - page white paper "Yucca Mountain: The Most Studied Real Estate on the Planet ." The conclusions were: </P> <Ul> <Li> Extensive studies consistently show Yucca Mountain to be a sound site for nuclear waste disposal </Li> <Li> The cost of not moving forward is extremely high </Li> <Li> Nuclear waste disposal capability is an environmental imperative </Li> <Li> Nuclear waste disposal capability supports national security </Li> <Li> Demand for new nuclear plants also demands disposal capability </Li> </Ul>

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