Yucca Mountain’s unique geography shows evidence of volcanic activity that scientists have studied in the investigation of the site as a place to store nuclear waste.
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A bill to restart the stalled Yucca Mountain project was approved by a full House committee on Wednesday after members tried to appease Nevada by striking a provision dealing with state water rights.
I’m just glad the Review-Journal editors weren’t running the American Revolution, or we’d still be under British rule.
Nevada’s senior officials were in a bipartisan state of high dudgeon last week, after Energy Secretary Rick Perry suggested the Silver State could be both the temporary and permanent home of high-level nuclear waste.
Do we have any elected officials in this state who will speak out in favor of Yucca Mountain? Aren’t we Nevadans known to take chances?
Energy Secretary Rick Perry was on Capitol Hill on Thursday for another hearing and tangled with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto over administration plans for the Yucca Mountain project.
The question that Nevadans should now be asking their representatives is simple: What’s the back-up plan?
Energy Secretary Rick Perry clarified a previous statement on interim nuclear waste storage, telling a Senate subcommittee Wednesday that no decisions have been made on temporary sites for spent fuel in Texas, New Mexico or Nevada.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry defended a $28 billion budget proposal Tuesday, citing the need for $120 million to restart licensing of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project and develop interim storage that could include the Nevada National Security Site.
A bill to expedite the licensing and development of Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Nevada was passed by a subcommittee on Thursday, clearing the first hurdle for legislation expected to be taken up in the House this year.