Hell-er High Water
Many nuclear wonks had hoped that Senator Harry Reid's (D-NV)
retirement would allow some movement on a Yucca Mountain policy. But
Senator Dean Heller's (R-NV) impending re-election campaign appears to
be holding any discussion hostage, E&E News reports.
Due to the narrowed Republican majority in the Senate, "McConnell
now appears likely to give Heller free rein to bash the Yucca project in
order to score political points in Nevada, where the proposed
repository is unpopular." Although legislation to address Yucca has been
introduced in the House, there has been no further movement on the
issue in either the House or the Senate.
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