Its task is complicated, though, by technical questions about the plan, lingering fights over Yucca Mountain, and by suspicions in some circles over its motives. Created in 2009 by five Northern Nevada businessmen, the group envisions creation …
Another $ 10 million is made available for work at the Nye County site, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. Nye County would receive $ 5 million from the total for repository-related activities. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., chairman of the House energy …
In response to the May 8 editorial, “Yucca lives?” The thrust of your editorial is correct. The nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain is required by federal law and is not dead. But you portray the lawsuits against the Nuclear Regulatory …
Neighbors of a potential dairy location signed his petition. The town planning board approved the project. And Nye County commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with creation of a Raw Dairy Commission to write laws that would regulate …
The Caliente native would become district attorney of Esmeralda County and also serve as a Clark County commissioner, but his most notable political contests were a pair of losses to Rep. Walter Baring, the conservative Democrat who opposed …
When Congress gets back to town this week, two items will be up for discussion that, as we reported last week, will heavily interest Nevada: cybersecurity and Yucca Mountain. But one thing you probably won’t hear much about is a plan to …
The high prices must be passed directly to consumers through higher utility bills. So, for the new Crescent Dunes plant in Tonopah, NV Energy will have to charge consumers an additional 9 cents per kilowatt-hour for the power. Mr. Coolican says …
A Nye County official who landed in hot water last year for making racist comments about Hispanics has been fined $ 5,000 for violating state ethics laws. The Nevada Commission on Ethics issued the penalty last week to Nye County Assessor Shirley Matson for …
Startup company builds 540-foot tall solar tower near Tonopah, Nevada. SolarReserve, a developer of large-scale solar power projects announced earlier this year that it has completed the central piece in its Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project.
WASHINGTON — South Carolina’s governor is protesting the Obama administration’s planned termination of the Yucca Mountain Project, including asking the state’s attorney general to “pursue every legal action possible” to stop the shutdown. Gov. Mark …