December 23, 2006
SCIENCE NEWS
December 22, 2006
Nevada seeks to nix govt nuclear waste storage plan
By Tom Doggett
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The state of Nevada on Friday asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to reject the U.S. government’s plan to store thousands of tons of nuclear waste temporarily above ground at a mountain located about 90 miles from Las Vegas.
The Energy Department is set to file an application with the NRC in mid 2008 for a license to operate the Yucca (...)
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