Interim Storage & Waste Disposal

Full House Again Approves Funding for Yucca While Senate Remains Opposed

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For the second year in a row, the full House has passed a Department of Energy budget bill that would fund the agency’s application to license Yucca Mountain in Nye County, Nev., as a permanent repository for nuclear waste.
And, also for the second consecutive…

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