The budget for the Department of Energy would include $ 120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a project that has been stalled for years because of lawsuits and local opposition. (fortune.com)
The proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump site in Nevada gets a $ 120 million reboot on licensing for the project in the White House's 2018 budget blueprint for the U.S. Department of Energy. (sciencemag.org)
State Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, in an email to news media, said Friday that «we must be vigilant to assure that the facility does not transition from an operating power plant to a dormant nuclear waste dump.» (dailyfreeman.com)