A House panel approved a spending bill Monday that includes $27 million for interim storage of nuclear waste and no funds for a Yucca Mountain repository.
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Bob Halstead, who fought Yucca Mountain on behalf of the state of Nevada for decades, has decided to retire as the federal government puts plans for the waste repository on hold.
Rep. Dina Titus has succeeded in inserting language into a House spending bill for the Energy Department that would ban nuclear testing in Nevada and provide no funding for Yucca Mountain.
The Shoshone suffer without relief or acknowledgement of our silent sacrifice.
The nuclear reactor vessel from the San Onofre nuclear plant, which will be the largest and heaviest object ever moved on a Nevada road, is heading for Las Vegas by rail.
Mark Menezes, a nominee for deputy Energy Department secretary, said the Trump administration has no plans to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, a shift from his testimony in February.
Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette told a Senate committee that the Trump administration was not including money for Yucca Mountain in its budget request.
To win in Nevada, White House hopefuls still must oppose plans to build a repository for 110,000 metric tons of nuclear waste just 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Tuesday is the final day of the four-day early voting period in Nevada, with caucus sites open throughout the state.
Nevada’s Democratic-majority congressional delegation began targeting President Donald Trump’s budget, saying cuts to programs for the needy were made to offset benefits extended by the Republican tax plan.