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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…
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For more than 20 years, Rep. John Shimkus, R-IL., has been an advocate for making Yucca Mountain the nation’s nuclear waste repository.He persevered…
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President Donald Trump appears to have reversed position to now oppose creating a national nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Trump tweeted…
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's U.S. senators and Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured a federal facility north of Las Vegas where the government is handling…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Nevada lawmakers want Republicans to end a renewed effort aimed at creating a national nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert. The…
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The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that President Trump’s budget proposal for the coming fiscal year will include $116 million for the Department of…
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A federal advisory panel met Tuesday in a preliminary step to determine if a nuclear waste repository should be built at Yucca Mountain, which is 90 miles…
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The congressman many in Nevada contend is leading the charge to entomb nuclear waste 100 miles from Las Vegas says he’s only following the law.Rep. John…
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WASHINGTON — A House panel today approved a bill to revive the mothballed nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain, while also moving forward with a…
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The effort to turn Yucca Mountain into the nation’s nuclear waste repository went mostly dormant during the Obama administration.These days not so…