Sentences with phrase «mountain nuclear waste dump»

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.

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.

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Both candidates oppose Yucca Mountain, the controversial proposed nuclear waste dump.

The generation - long debate surrounding the dumping of the nation's radioactive nuclear waste under Nevada's Yucca Mountain may finally be drawing to a close.

The new president approved $ 120 million to resume licensing Yucca Mountain as a nuclear waste dump, but researchers at the energy department have other plans

Imagine how future generations are going to feel having been dumped with the responsibility to maintain the safety of mountains of toxic nuclear waste throughtout their time and onto other future generations, a toxic mess that does nothing for them economically while increasing their vulnerability to many forms of cancer.