Feds Unveil Yucca Mountain Cleanup Plans

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File photo of the entrance to Yucca Mountain

Carson City NV (UPI) Oct 26, 2005
U.S. Energy Department officials have announced plans to make Yucca Mountain a "clean" nuclear waste dump, but Nevada officials aren't happy.

Paul Golan, the project's acting director, said the plans would simplify design, licensing and construction of the dump. The plans also would presumably ease the burden the department will face when it goes to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a license, the Las Vegas Sun reported Wednesday.

The Energy Department's plan would require nuclear waste to be sealed in standardized containers at nuclear power plants. That, said officials, would eliminate the need for a one-of-a-kind "multibillion-dollar" facility at Yucca Mountain to do so, leaving the site "primarily clean or non-contaminated."

Nevada officials told The Sun they view the plan as "desperate" and predict a long delay in opening a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain.

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., issued a statement saying, "Calling plans to dump radioactive garbage in Nevada 'clean' is an insult to the intelligence of families in the Silver State and ignores the fact that nuclear waste is one of the deadliest substances on Earth."

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US Congress Wants Landmark Nuclear Deal With India To Be Transparent

Washington DC (AFP) Oct 26, 2005
The US Congress Wednesday urged the Bush administration to be open with legislators on negotiations with India on a landmark nuclear energy pact, as experts cautioned that the deal was risky.

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