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Weapons-grade plutonium that secretly was sent to Nevada over objections from the state has been removed ahead of schedule, federal officials said.U.S.…
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For two decades Representative John Shimkus has been one of the strongest congressional supporters of storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.But that’s…
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RENO, Nev. (AP) — The plutonium core for the first atomic weapon detonated in 1945 was taken from Los Alamos National Laboratory to a test site in the New…
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It's been more than a decade since the U.S. government was supposed to begin moving spent nuclear fuel that has been piling up at…
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A U.S. Senate hearing will be held next week on a bill that would restart the licensing process to build a permanent nuclear waste facility at Yucca…
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Nevada’s congressional delegation is working on securing a larger decision-making role for states concerning disposal of nuclear waste.Under the Nuclear…
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For several years now, the high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain has been mothballed, awaiting either complete closure or revival. When…
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State regulators have denied a Salt Lake City-based nuclear waste processing company an exemption to bury thousands of tons of…
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Members of Congress are heading to Nevada this weekend to scope out one of the state's landmarks: Yucca Mountain. Because of a bill in Congress that seeks…
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Nevadans will get their chance to give input on the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste repository on Friday when the Legislative Committee on…