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  • 1.  Yucca Mountain nuclear waste plan

    Orange Army
    Posted 08-15-2017 11:36
    Hi Folks,

    What are your thoughts on this issue? The White House's plan to revive a nuclear waste dump at Nevada's Yucca Mountain has pushed President Trump into an all-out war with Las Vegas, as powerful casino owners and city economic leaders vow to fight the administration tooth and nail over the proposal.

    Mr. Trump's 2018 budget proposal calls for $120 million to restart licensing procedures for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, which would be less than 90 miles from the Las Vegas Strip and would store roughly 77,000 tons of used nuclear fuel that now sits at sites across the country.

    In this April 9, 2015, file photo, people walk into the south portal of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour of the proposed radioactive waste dump near Mercury, Nev., 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)



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  • 2.  RE: Yucca Mountain nuclear waste plan

    Orange Army
    Posted 08-18-2017 15:09

    Greta,

     

    This is great - "The driver of our economy is tourism, and what Yucca Mountain would mean is the storing of 77,000 tons of nuclear waste less than 90 miles from Las Vegas," said Cara Clarke, associate vice president of communications at the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. "The Las Vegas economy is overwhelmingly driven by tourism and visitors 

     




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