House GOP wants probe into funding for Yucca nuclear storage

A pair of House Republicans have asked the Government Accountability Office to look into whether the Energy Department could resume work on the stalled Yucca Mountain used nuclear fuel repository in Nevada. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., and Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., made the request of the office, in which they also asked whether Congress should set aside further funding for the project's license application. The Examiner (Washington, D.C.)http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/house-gop-wants-probe-into-funding-for-yucca-nuclear-storage/article/2584547