Jul 12, 2011

Congressmen Pushing To Reopen Yucca Mountain

http://charlesgoyette.com/uploaded_images/toxic-waste-759820.gif"CNN is reporting that a group of congressmen backed by the nuclear industry are pushing to reopen the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site. The site has sat closed and uncompleted since the Obama administration scrapped the project. The article goes into the pros and cons of the Yucca Mountain site for storage and also brings up some interesting political issues involved in continuing development. It's also worth noting that there's been a fee on electric bills since 1983 for the building of the site."
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