Yucca Mountain funding nears its demise

Lawmakers move to end Yucca Mountain proposal
Lawmakers in the House and Senate are moving to halt the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste facility in Nevada. Both chambers have passed fiscal 2010 bills that match the Obama administration's $197 million appeal to allow the Energy Department to officially keep the project alive while allocating funds for Energy Secretary Steven Chu's plan to establish an alternative plan for the storage and management of nuclear waste.

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