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.
It’s time for the state of Nevada to undertake a neutral, unbiased assessment of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The state’s consistent stance against the project has not permitted a balanced appraisal of the advantages and disadvantages the repository would create for the state.
WASHINGTON — The federal railroad board has said it will consider the Department of Energy’s bid to build a nuclear waste rail line to Yucca Mountain, setting aside a Nevada protest that the application was incomplete.
Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Monday that Republican presidential candidate John McCain is saying the same things about Yucca Mountain that President Bush once did, and Nevadans should not be fooled.
WASHINGTON — A new nuclear waste strategy that would partner the government with industry to develop privately owned storage sites and recycling factories was announced on Friday.
