WASHINGTON — White House officials on Tuesday threatened to have President Bush veto a giant defense bill in part because it could reduce spending for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
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WASHINGTON — The once-stumbling Department of Energy reached another milestone Monday when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced it will conduct in-depth studies and have safety hearings on plans to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
WASHINGTON — Nevada failed on Friday in its bid for a quick take-down of the Department of Energy’s application to build the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama began airing a new television ad in Las Vegas on Thursday that criticizes Republican John McCain for supporting the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Addressing a national veterans’ convention in Las Vegas on Saturday, Republican presidential candidate John McCain criticized his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, for not supporting last year’s temporary buildup in troop levels in Iraq.
WASHINGTON — The Department of Energy on Tuesday issued new cost estimates for a Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository that would be bigger, would operate longer and would cost billions of dollars more than earlier planned.
The Republican primary is crowded with candidates eager for a chance to unseat Shelley Berkley, the Democratic incumbent in Nevada’s 1st Congressional District.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., on Tuesday said he supports nuclear energy as long as its highly radioactive waste is stored where it is produced.
WASHINGTON — The projected costs to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, ship used radioactive fuel to Nevada from around the country and operate the site for 100 years have grown to more than $90 billion, an energy department official said Tuesday.