Yucca Mountain
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The decision to actually store waste at Yucca Mountain remains politically charged.
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He delivered a fortune in federal funding and blocked creation of a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, less than 100 miles from Las Vegas.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2023
Congress hasn’t appropriated funds for its Yucca Mountain nuclear waste program since 2010.
From Scientific American • Mar. 6, 2023
The United States has spent billions of dollars over decades on a project at Yucca Mountain in Nevada to store nuclear waste.
From Reuters • Nov. 10, 2022
A plan to build a national storage facility northwest of Las Vegas at Yucca Mountain has been mothballed because of staunch opposition from most Nevada residents and officials.
From Seattle Times • May 20, 2022
Mr. Brand learned to avoid making specific predictions about the future in 2002, when he toured the nuclear waste storage facility in Yucca Mountain.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2022
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