No Money for Yucca Mountain Project in Senate Budget

摘要

A $49 billion spending bill for the Department of Energy was unanimously approved by a Senate committee without money to revive the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. The Senate followed the House in dismissing the Trump administration's request for $130 million to restart licensing on the nuclear repository — a decision by lawmakers that likely dooms any chances the project can be revived in fiscal year 2020, which begins Oct. 1.