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September 17, 2014

Reid moves to ensure nuclear dump stays dead even after U.S. has already spent $15B on it

  • Republicans have begun talking about trying to revive the Yucca Mountain project if they retake the Senate in November. Meanwhile there is discussion of turning the Nevada site into a data storage facility.
    • By ERICA WERNER
    Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — Amid action in Congress to intensify the fight against Islamic State militants, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid found time Tuesday for an issue closer to home: ensuring that a nuclear waste dump in his home state of Nevada remains mothballed even after the government has spent $15 billion on it.

    Reid devoted floor time to confirming two nominees to the agency that oversees the nation's nuclear reactors. That means a Democratic-appointed majority will weigh any further steps related to creating a national nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, located 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.


     
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