Law360, New York (March 04, 2010, 5:55 PM ET) -- The U.S. Department of Energy has formally moved to pull the plug on a plan to turn Nevada's Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste repository, while at least two other states have promised to launch legal objections to the decision.
In a highly anticipated move Wednesday, the DOE filed a motion with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to withdraw the license application for a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain with prejudice, signaling that the department has no intention of reopening the issue.
The withdrawal made...
DOE Pulls Plan To Store Nuclear Waste At Yucca Site
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