Yucca Mountain County Opposes Key Measures of Senate Nuclear Waste Legislation

摘要

Leaders in the Nevada county where the federal government wants to build a nuclear waste repository criticized several key elements of legislation aimed at resolving the longstanding impasse over management of the radioactive material. "The Nye County Commission remains in support of the proposition that the Yucca Mountain licensing proceeding should be completed so that the science behind the proposed repository can be fully explored and evaluated by qualified scientists and technical experts," Commissioner Leo Blundo wrote in a letter to Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), the top members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Blundo sent his letter ahead of the committee's hearing today on the 2019 Nuclear Waste Administration Act.