The Repository. Press contact. Daria Bachmann Anna Anderson

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1 The Repository An independent journalistic documentary by Daria Bachmann, Anna Anderson and Crystal Grooms Mangano Press contact Daria Bachmann Anna Anderson

2 Tag line: As experts look for solution, the nation s nuclear waste keeps growing. Logline: As the U.S. government is trying to figure out what to do with the nation s growing nuclear waste, the opposition to the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository was designated 30 years ago in Nevada, has never been stronger.

3 Synopsis: In 1987, the U.S. Congress passed the so-called Screw Nevada bill that designated Yucca Mountain located 120 miles away from Las Vegas as the top site to store nuclear waste from across the country. For the last 30 years, the project has faced a strong opposition from Nevada officials and most residents of the state, while nuclear power interests and utility companies have been supportive of it. When the Obama administration at the urging of Nevada Sen. Harry Reid mothballed the proposed plan to entomb the nation s nuclear waste in a remote Nevada desert in 2010, the project was presumed dead. But after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission resumed the licensing proceeding of Yucca Mountain in 2013, some thought the project still has a pulse. Although proponents of Yucca Mountain call it safe and economically beneficial to the state of Nevada, many scientific, regulatory, and political challenges to Yucca Mountain still remain to this day. Meanwhile, over 70,000 tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste continue to sit at the nuclear reactors across the nation, mostly east of the Mississippi River. Is Yucca Mountain a proper place to bury the nation s nuclear waste? And what s the future of the controversial project that s now back on the agenda at Capitol Hill with the new administration? This documentary aims to explain the conflicting views on the proposed repository and show the complex nature of the Yucca Mountain Project.

4 Goal: To tell the history of Yucca Mountain and explain the conflicting views on the proposed repository.

5 The team Daria Bachmann is a journalist based in Nevada and co-director of The Repository. She developed the idea for the documentary after writing extensively about Yucca Mountain. As part of the documentary, she interviewed numerous sources across the country, conducted deep research and shot some of the scenes and interviews. Anna Anderson is a New York-based documentary filmmaker and photographer. In 2014, she founded Like a Girl Productions, a production company aimed at providing female documentarians with a platform to create and distribute their work. She has since shot and edited two feature-length documentaries and a mini-series. Anna has a background in international business and marketing. Crystal Grooms Mangano is a Los Angeles-based music composer who has worked in a wide variety of television and film projects. Her music can most recently be heard in the documentary Asperger s Are Us, produced by Mark & Jay Duplass and directed by Alex Lehmann. Crystal also works as a music editor and music supervisor on several films and television shows.

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7 Credits Southern California Edison Nevada National Security Site Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects The House Energy and Commerce Committee Broadcast & Production Services Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Timbisha Shoshone Tribe Nevada National Security Site YouTube Channel John Shimkus YouTube Channel

8 Participants Valerie Lawdensky, PhD student in nuclear engineering, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Laura Abram, director of public affairs, First Solar, San Francisco, California Patrick Donnelly, executive director, Amargosa Conservancy, Shoshone, California Nancy Good, co-founder, Tecopa Hot Springs, Tecopa, California Judy Treichel, executive director, Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, Las Vegas, Nevada Mike Cottingham, town manager, Amargosa Valley, Nevada Marylin Davis, director, Pahrump Valley Museum, Pahrump, Nevada Dan Schinhofen, commissioner, Pahrump, Nevada Diane D Arrigo, radioactive waste project director at NIRS, Takoma Park, Maryland Arjun Makhijani, president, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, Takoma Park, Maryland Brian Sandoval, Nevada governor, Carson City, Nevada Catherine Cortez Masto, U.S. Senator, D-Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada John Shimkus, Congressman, Collinsville, Illinois Richard Bryan, former Nevada governor, Las Vegas, Nevada Gary Headrick, founder, San Clemente Green, San Clemente, California Marni Magda, resident, Laguna Beach, California Dan Stetson, secretary, San Onofre Decommissioning Community Engagement Panel, Irvine, California Katie Tubb, policy analyst, the Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C. David Blee, executive director, the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council, Washington, D.C. Shirley Harlan, resident, Beatty, Nevada John Wirth, resident, Beatty, Nevada Eugene Smith, emeritus professor of geology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Pauline Esteves, member, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Furnace Creek, California Joe Kennedy, member, Timbisha Shoshone Tribe, Furnace Creek, California Bob Halstead, executive director, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, Carson City, Nevada Michael Voegele, former chief scientist, Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project, Las Vegas, Nevada