Regulatory group opposes federal plan to drop Yucca Mountain bid

Utility Regulatory group opposes federal plan to drop Yucca Mountain bid
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners is disputing the Energy Department's plan to withdraw the license application for a nuclear-waste repository at Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Utility customers have already paid $17 billion into a nuclear-waste fund, and terminating the project would put the search for a permanent storage site "back to square one," according to the group. The Wall Street Journal

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