If all goes well, it would begin accepting waste in 2010.

Its current plan is to begin accepting waste in 2010 at the earliest.

Under a 1982 law, the department was supposed to begin accepting waste from the utilities in 1998.

But underlying the politics is a familiar issue of national policy regarding which state will have to accept nuclear waste.

I can't, I won't accept such waste and loss without a reason.

If the license is granted, the repository could begin to accept waste by 2012.

The landfill accepted municipal and industrial wastes from 1932 until 1971.

The department is committed by contracts with the utilities to begin accepting wastes in 1998.

Access to nearby facilities that accept hazardous waste may deter use.

Now, however, the Yucca project is being hurried, with officials hoping to stick to a plan to accept waste in 2010.