House Republicans to Insist Yucca Mountain Be Part of Nuclear Waste Plan, Shimkus Says

摘要

Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.), chairman of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee, said Feb. 6 that House Republicans will insist on the Yucca Mountain storage facility as part of any deal to resolve the nuclear waste problem, despite plans by Senate Democrats and Republicans to work on alternative solutions. "We will not move on any nuclear waste provisions without Yucca Mountain," Shimkus declared at an energy policy seminar sponsored by Bloomberg Government, a subsidiary of Bloomberg LP, which is the parent company of Bloomberg BNA.