House appropriations panel rejects Yucca Mt. amendment

Move to allocate $100M for Yucca Mountain is blocked
A U.S. House subcommittee on Thursday voted, 10-6, to strike down an amendment to an appropriations bill that would have kept the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada going in fiscal 2011. The proposal by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., would have provided the Nuclear Regulatory Commission with $100 million to move forward with the project's licensing process. Platts (7/16)