President Trump appears to have reversed position to now oppose creating a national nuclear waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.
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Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments by proponents and opponents of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste at a site in southern Nevada.
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.
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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.
Nevada's senators are opposed to a bill that could restart Yucca Mountain.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry is defending the Trump Administration's plans to collect and store nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain.
Governor Steve Sisolak responded by saying the President's request to turn Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste dump is yet another example of the federal government ignoring the will of Nevadans.
The Trump Administration officially released its 2020 budget on Monday. In it, the federal government proposes restarting the licensing process for Yucca Mountain and to also dispose of surplus plutonium.
Nevada lawmakers have introduced a bill in Congress that would stop any attempt to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
A plan to restart a licensing process to store nuclear waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain site appears to be dormant for at least the next year.