The House easily passed legislation Thursday to move ahead with a long-stalled plan to store the nation’s nuclear waste in Nevada’s Yucca Mountain.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill., would authorize land transfers and licensing decisions related to the controversial project, and in the meantime, it would also authorize an interim storage program before the Yucca Mountain project is approved.

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