Yucca Mountain was officially designated as the nation’s nuclear waste “repository” during the administration of George W. Bush in 2002. But the project was the subject of legal and ...

He said a solution could be to find another state willing to serve as a repository, or finding regional repositories. "In short, the selection of Yucca Mountain has failed, the time for debate on ...

The Department of Energy recommended Yucca Mountain, about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas, as a national nuclear waste repository in 2002. But each time plans resurfaced, plans stalled because of ...

“I asked Chris Wright to simply recognize that Yucca Mountain is an unworkable ... construction of a permanent nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Storing the nation’s radioactive ...

Congress designated Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as the nation’s official nuclear repository during the administration of Republican president George W. Bush in 2002. However, the project was subject to ...