Despite GOP majority in House, NE-8 Petry speculates no appetite for restarting Yucca

By Benjamin Weiss

ARLINGTON, VA. — Just because Republicans took control of the House does not mean that Congress has any more desire to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain than it had before the midterms, a senior Department of Energy official said here this week. Asked…

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