LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is reviving a push to block the creation of a national nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain.
Cortez Masto, Nevada's other Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen and the state's three Democratic Reps. Dina Titus, Susie, Lee and Steven Horsford re-introduced legislation on Tuesday that Cortez Masto has run in past years which would bar the federal government from moving nuclear waste into a state without first receiving permission from the governor and local officials.
President Joe Biden has long opposed the idea and has said no nuclear waste would be stored in Nevada under his administration.
