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Friday, July 16, 2010

Friday, Jul. 16, 2010 The unending fight to open Yucca Read more: http://www.thestate.com/2010/07/16/1378906/the-unending-fight-to-open-yucca.html#ixzz0trOtcNGM

The decision by a panel of judges at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to block efforts by the Obama administration to abandon the Yucca Mountain waste-repository project in Nevada is being called a victory for South Carolina, which is storing a high volume of high-level waste. The next phase needed to keep Yucca Mountain viable would be to "fight back the parochial interests" behind the moves to abandon the project, this editorial argues. The State (Columbia, S.C.)

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