Yucca Mountain Still a No-go After 20 Years

摘要

Having worked 13 years at a nuclear power plant before transitioning to magazine editor, I have been a nuclear energy proponent for many years. I've been pleased and excited about what seemed like-for a while, at least-the rebirth of the industry in the United States and around the world. Nuclear energy has proven to be an efficient and clean generating source for baseload power, and the past 30 years have shown that it is a safe and economically feasible generating technology. I'm afraid, however, that its many attributes are overshadowed by recent decisions in Washington, D.C., mainly the decision to erase Yucca Mountain's funding.