Nevada Gov. Rejects Yucca Mountain Incentives Talks

There is nothing to negotiate on Yucca Mountain, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) said in a May 21 letter to House Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chair John Shimkus (R-Ill.). Shimkus recently called on that state to enter into a dialogue on potential economic benefits and infrastructure improvements that would incentivize the state into hosting the project. Sandoval reiterated the state’s position that the project is “unsafe” and politically corrupt. “You and other Members have recently expressed sentiments regarding a potential quid pro quo negotiation for economic benefits in exchange for construction of the project.,” Sandoval wrote. “As I have previously stated, because Yucca Mountain is an unsafe place for a repository and one selected in 1987 for purely political reasons, there is nothing for Nevada to negotiate.”