Reid's retirement could rescue Yucca Mountain plan

The long-stalled plan to open a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada has a strong chance of being revived in a Trump administration, especially now that Harry Reid, the longtime opponent of the project, will no longer lead Democrats in the Senate.

The Trump transition team has already signaled interest in reviving the site, which was legally designated to store the nation’s nuclear waste back in 2002 but has languished, unfunded, thanks to opposition from Congress and the White House.