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Juin 2010 / The New York Times

Administration Cannot Drop Bid for Nuclear Waste Dump in Nevada, Panel Finds



New development in the long Yucca Mountain saga…

By MATTHEW L. WALD

WASHINGTON — In a setback for the Obama administration, a panel of judges at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ruled on Tuesday that the Energy Department could not withdraw its application to open a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.

Congress selected the Yucca Mountain location in 1987.

Making good on a campaign pledge by President Obama, the Energy Department had formally sought to drop its plan for (…)

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