High-Level & Tank Waste

House Members Press for Yucca Mountain Funding

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The underground Exploratory Studies Facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada built by the Department of Energy to determine whether the location was suitable as a deep geological nuclear waste repository. Courtesy of the Department of Energy.

A contingent of members of the House of Representatives on Tuesday urged a key appropriations panel to meet the Trump administration’s latest request to fund resumption of licensing for the planned Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada.
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