Nevada officials approved more money to continue the fight against Yucca Mountain. Tuesday the state's Board of Examiners, which included Governor Brian Sandoval and Secretary of State Ross Miller, approved a request for one-point-four million dollars to go to Nuclear Projects. Earlier this year federal court ruling required a licensing proceeding for Yucca to continue under the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, even though it only has 14-million dollars remaining to continue this process. A licensing process was estimated to take five years and cost as much as 100-million dollars. Even with that obstacle ahead of it, Governor Sandoval said it is not time for Nevada to have a false sense of security.
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