U.S. should move forward with Nevada repository

U.S. should move forward with Nevada repository
The country's increasing radioactive-waste stockpile should be stored in a permanent repository instead of on-site at nuclear plants, as indicated in the federal blue-ribbon commission's report, writes Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. However, the Obama administration has decided to block the Yucca Mountain project in Nevada, which is the most shovel-ready, carefully reviewed repository for the material. "We should let the experts complete the technical review and, when the science is settled yet again, move forward on Yucca Mountain as our secure, permanent geological repository for high-level nuclear waste," Shimkus writes. The Hill/Congress Blog (1/31)