President-elect Donald Trump’s plans regarding site for high-level nuclear waste remain unclear, but his pick for energy secretary endorsed plan to temporarily store it at site in Texas during his governorship.
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It would take more than a decade and cost at least $30 billion before the shuttered underground dump site at Yucca Mountain could begin accepting shipments of highly radioactive waste, according to experts on the controversial project.
The National Nuclear Security Administration has rescinded a contract it awarded last week to a Lockheed Martin subsidiary to manage and operate the Nevada National Security Site.
What the Navy describes as routine research at a weapons station in Southern California has prompted the FAA to issue an alert to civilian aviators.
