Senators urged to reject choice for nuclear commission Anti-nuclear groups are fighting the Obama administrations nomination of a pro-Yucca Mountain nuclear industry insider ...
In Capitol elevator, with a nuclear waste dump supporter onboard, Berkley sums up planÕs demise WASHINGTON — About an hour before the Senate ...
Reid says funding to be eliminated for review needed to open Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the Obama administration has assured him it will seek to eliminate funding for a review needed to open a ...
Senate passes energy and water bill; panel boosts transportation, housing programs The Senate on Wednesday passed a $34.3 billion energy spending bill that backs up President Barack Obama's promise to close the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility in Nevada. The bill, passed ...
AP Interview: NRC chairman says agency will press ahead with Yucca nuclear dump review The Nuclear Regulatory Commission will press ahead with its review of a license for a nuclear waste dump in Nevada, even as the Obama administration has made clear ...
WASHINGTON — President Barack ObamaÕs plan to terminate the Yucca Mountain project has not stopped pro-dump lawmakers from trying to resurrect the nuclear waste repository north of Las Vegas. No fewer than six amendments to the House Energy and Water Appropriations bill ...
Commission to argue that transportation to nuclear dump threatens public The new administration in Washington has assured Nevadans that they can relax — the unopened nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain will stay that way. President Barack Obama has moved to cut ...
