Nevada: A Future Atomic Wastebasket?
16 January 2001 - 9:15am
Residents fear that Yucca Mountain, in western Nevada, will become the burial ground for nuclear waste.
Foes of the plan believe that the President-elect favors Nevada as the final resting place for the growing stockpile of nuclear waste. State politicians from both parties oppose the plan. They believe that the mountain is too porous to shield the waste.
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Decision on U.S. Nuclear Dump Will Fall to Bush
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The Los Angeles Times, January 16, 2001
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