CBS News: Rare Look Inside Yucca Mountain
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About 100 miles outside Las Vegas, deep in a remote patch of desert, there's a $19 billion hole in the ground. That's how much it has cost to fight over and build this five mile test tunnel under Yucca Mountain.
A U.S. House committee has blocked the latest attempt in Congress to restart the licensing process for a nuclear waste repository at Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Â
Industry officials say the path forward needs to include both interim storage options and plans for permanent disposal.
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