UPDATE: Today, Gov. Brian Sandoval threw cold water on Nye County’s invitation with a letter to Secretary Chu saying Nevada “will not consent to an interim storage facility or repository being considered in the state.” Letter at right.
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Gov. Sandoval: Nye County may want a nuke dump but it doesn’t speak for Nevada – Las Vegas Sun
Nye County to DOE: We’ll take the nuclear waste dump – Las Vegas Sun
NRC: Shutdown of Yucca Mountain nuke dump can proceed – msnbc.com
NRC Closes Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump – Electric Light & Power
NRC allows closure of Yucca Mountain nuclear dump – Houston Chronicle
Commission allows closure of Yucca Mountain nuclear dump – Las Vegas Sun
WASHINGTON — A divided Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday allowed the Obama administration to continue plans to close the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada. The commission split, two-two, on whether or not to uphold or reject …
NRC Allows Yucca Mountain Nuclear Dump To Close – Huffingtonpost.com
WASHINGTON — A divided Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Friday allowed the Obama administration to continue plans to close the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada. The commission split, 2-two, on regardless of whether to uphold or reject …
Should The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump Be Revisited? – The Business Insider
Yucca Mountain, long touted as the answer to the nation’s nuclear waste problem, was canceled by the Obama administration in 2009. But now the country’s leading group of nuclear scientists and engineers is demanding that the proposed storage facility …
No safety conclusions in report on nuclear dump – Seattle Times
A Nuclear Regulatory Commission report released Thursday makes no conclusions about whether or not entombing the nation’s most radioactive material at the Yucca Mountain web site in the desert northwest of Las Vegas is scientifically sound or secure. The federal …