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Nevada Files Appeal Against Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner

Sep 04, 2018

 

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The state of Nevada is trying to keep a federal regulator from being involved in decisions on a long-stalled nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.

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Yucca Mountain Legislative Action, Budget Request Expected Soon

Mar 09, 2018

The Department of Energy wants to store high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain for 100,000 years.

The next few weeks might give an indication of the likelihood of that happening.

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Bryan Says Yucca Budget Request Shows Nuke Waste Fight Continues

Jun 07, 2017

Richard Bryan, who fought the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository as Nevada’s governor and in the U.S.

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Nevada Democrats Want Say In Congress Hearing On Nuke Dump

Apr 21, 2017

LAS VEGAS (AP) — With Congress talking about reviving a mothballed plan to entomb the nation's most radioactive waste in the desert outside Las Vegas, top state officials and most Nevada federal representatives are resuming a 35-year fight to block it.

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Leader: New Yucca Mountain Report Ignores Impact On Tribe

May 11, 2016

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Native American tribal leader says a federal report about underground water contamination from a proposed national nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert fails to consider people living in the Death Valley area.

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chief Resigns

May 24, 2012
Gregory Jaczko, commission chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is resigning.  This news is coming on the heels of controversy within the commission of bullying and misogyny.
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