Tag: Nuclear Waste

Keith Ellison withdraws from House race, launches run for Minnesota attorney general

Katelyn Caralle · June 5, 2018 6:11 pm

Energy and Environment

Towns see gold in storing nuclear waste

Josh Siegel · May 22, 2018 4:01 am

"I came into town and everyone's talking about it, so I'm going to take a strong look at it and next time you interview me we'll talk about it for five minutes, OK?" Donald Trump said of Yucca Mountain. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

House votes to advance Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste site

Josh Siegel · May 10, 2018 3:31 pm

An unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operational test at 2:10 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time Wednesday at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ian Dudley/Released)

Energy and Environment

House proposes funding boost for nuclear weapons program, Yucca Mountain

John Siciliano · May 7, 2018 6:03 pm

Energy and Environment

House to vote next week to move ahead with Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste dump

Josh Siegel · May 3, 2018 7:23 pm

People walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev. Nevada's Board of Examiners has approved a $5.1 million contract with an outside legal team to help fight President Trump's proposal to restart the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Energy and Environment

The quiet fight to finally send nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain

Susan Ferrechio · March 13, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Dina Titus, D-Nev., is working to adopt legislation that would put states in control of where a federal nuclear waste repository goes. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Energy and Environment

Nevada Democrat slams ‘waste of time’ meeting to reboot Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump

John Siciliano · February 28, 2018 7:28 pm

The State of America’s Missile-Defense Pogram

Peter J. Boyer · October 3, 2017 11:30 am

Now More Than Ever

Peter J. Boyer · September 29, 2017 7:30 am

The Obama administration had attempted to scuttle the program entirely. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Energy and Environment

Nuclear Regulatory Commission restarts Yucca Mountain licensing process

John Siciliano · August 8, 2017 9:16 pm

To his credit, President Trump directed Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to begin the process of undoing former President Back Obama's abuses regarding the declaration of national monuments to appease environmentalists. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Energy and Environment

GOP preserves Yucca Mountain as nuclear waste storage site

John Siciliano · July 27, 2017 3:54 am

Democrats are offering at least nine amendments in a bid to raise spending levels for the Energy Department's Office of Energy and Renewable Energy, as well as individual programs to support electric vehicles and alternative fuels. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats push clean energy in spending package

John Siciliano · July 26, 2017 6:21 pm