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Yucca Rebuke
A setback for Yucca Mountain nuke dump as judge denies water to project |
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06 Sep 2007 |
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| Posted at 9:11 AM on 06 Sep 2007 A federal judge poured cold water on the U.S. government's plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada this week -- or, more accurately, he left the feds high and dry. The Department of Energy has been seeking 8 million gallons of state-controlled water to drill test holes at Yucca Mountain; the state of Nevada, which wants to be rid of the dump, has said no ... |
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| Topics: Department of Energy, energy, Nevada, news, nuclear power, politics, water conflicts (all these topics) |
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