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Yuccas In The Yard: Growing The Desert Natives

Jun 02, 2015

There’s red yucca, yellow yucca and then there’s the really giant one . And what do you get if you leave a yucca plant alone for ten years - a really big one.

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Shakeup at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Jun 19, 2012

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has seen bureaucratic turmoil in recent months as the chairman departs and Congress tries to appoint two new members. The issue that's driven all the turmoil is whether or not former Chairman Gregory Jaczko was sticking to the commission's business or trying to stymie Yucca Mountain. We look at what's been happening and how it will affect the future of Yucca Mountain.

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The NRC and Yucca Mountain

Jun 16, 2011
On Friday, the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee released a scathing report on the work of the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jazcko. The committee will be holding hearings on allegations on Tuesday.
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The Future of Yucca Mountain After the Japanese Quake

Mar 29, 2011
The catastrophe in Japan has led to a rethinking on the issue of a nuclear waste repository. But what that rethinking is, depends on whose doing the thinking.
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What's Going On With Yucca Mountain

Sep 03, 2010
Back in January, President Obama said to shut Yucca Mountain down. But the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled he couldn't do that, and other states complained they'd have nowhere to send their waste. So where do we stand with Yucca now? Where will all that waste go? And what will happen to all the Yucca employees who are suddenly out of a job? We want to hear your thoughts.
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The Future of Yucca Mountain

Feb 05, 2010
It looks as if the Obama Administration is set to shut down Yucca Mountain. Is this the end? Will there be any other use for the repository? And how will the administration square the end of the waste repository with its promise to build more nuclear power plants? We discuss those issues with experts and industry players.
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Yucca Mountain

Feb 26, 2009
Assemblyman Ty Cobb, R-Reno, Dist 26
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Desert Bloom

Feb 06, 2008
Despite the cold, windy weather Angela O'Callaghan says it's time to start thinking about Spring.
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Desert Bloom

Dec 05, 2007
Every week one our desert gardeners provides expert advice on making your desert garden bloom. They'll take you to some of their favorite landscapes in Las Vegas and introduce you to horticultural experts working in Southern Nevada.
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State of Yucca Mountain

Nov 02, 2007
Peggy Maize Johnson, Exec Dir, Clark County Democratic Party Paul Seidler, Sr Dir, Nuclear Energy Inst Lisa Mascaro, DC Correspondent, LV Sun ..
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Desert Bloom

Oct 16, 2007
Prof Angela O'Callaghan Social Horticulture, NV Coop Ext ...notes that not all spiny, desert plants are cactus.
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Rep. Jon Porter

Mar 29, 2007
Rep. Jon Porter [R], Nevada's Third District ...on Yucca Mountain, Iraq--and his extra-curricular passion for music
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The Gibbons' Budget

Jan 22, 2007
Prof. David Damore, Political Science, UNLV Hugh Jackson, Weblogger, LasVegasGleaner & Nevada Today Prof.
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State of the State

Jan 22, 2007
Gov Jim Gibbons ...delivers his first State of the State speech as Nevada's chief executive
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Capitol Report

Aug 08, 2006
The US House and Senate reconvene on September 5th. Terry Gildrea reports from Washington on how the Nevada Delegation has been working on the issues that cross party lines--including Yucca Mountain.
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Uncertainty Underground

Jul 13, 2006
Allison Macfarlane, MIT Research Associate ...discusses the science of nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain.
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10,000 Year Warning

Jun 29, 2006
Prof Ward Goodenough [Ret], Anthropologist & Linguist Roger Nelson, Chief Scientist, Waste Isolation Pilot Program ...on warnings designed to last ten millennia
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Screening Program

Mar 14, 2006
Dr Thomas Hunt, Nevada Radiation & Exposure Screening and Education Program Janet Gordon , Advocate and Downwinder
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The Battle of Yucca Mountain

Feb 14, 2006
Bob Loux , Executive Director, Nevada's Agency for Nuclear Projects
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Citizen Advocate

Nov 04, 2005
Peggy Maze Johnson ...shares her aspirations for Nevada.
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