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June 6, 2008

Nevada files challenge against nuclear dump license

By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer

LAS VEGAS — A Bush administration bid to win Nuclear Regulatory Commission approval for a national nuclear waste dump outside Las Vegas was challenged Wednesday by Nevada as too little and six years too late.

“The Department of Energy submitted an unauthorized and legally deficient license application,” state Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto said in asking the NRC not to docket or schedule the license application for hearings.


 
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