USA budgets $50 million for Yucca Mountain

USA budgets $50 million for Yucca Mountain: The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) proposed budget for fiscal 2019 includes nearly $50 million for work related to the proposed Yucca Mountain repository. President Donald Trump's FY2019 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) includes $120 million for Yucca Mountain and an interim storage programme for used nuclear fuel.