Obama Still Says No To Yucca Mountain

     NEVADA - The Las Vegas Review-Journal has the article Obama tells governors he won't reconsider Yucca shutdown that begins "President Barack Obama told newly elected governors at a meeting Thursday he would not reconsider his decision to shut down the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site."

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Yucca Mountain Remains in Limbo

     NEVADA - The Nevada News Bureau has the article Work Stoppage On Yucca Mountain Review Not The End Of Nuclear Waste Project, State Official Says that begins "Nevada remains in limbo over the status of Yucca Mountain as a potential repository for the nation’s nuclear waste even with a work stoppage on the project review by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission due to funding limitations, a state official says."

NRC Chairman Halts Review of Yucca

     NEVADA - The Las Vegas Review-Journal has the article Yucca project review halted that begins "The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission tossed water on the embers of the Yucca Mountain project this week, directing agency scientists to halt a formal review of the nuclear waste site."

Yucca not buried yet, official says

     NEVADA -  The Las Vegas Review Journal has the article Yucca not buried yet, official says that begins "Nevada still has much work to do to bury the federal government's plan for storing nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, the state's Agency for Nuclear Projects chief said Tuesday."

Nuclear panel members reject calls to recuse selves from Yucca vote

     NEVADA - The Las Vegas Review Journal has the article Nuclear panel members reject calls to recuse selves from Yucca vote that begins "Two members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday they intend to take part in an upcoming Yucca Mountain vote, rejecting calls that they should disqualify themselves for bias."

Yucca Project's Last 600 Employees Scramble for New Jobs

     NEVADA - The New York Times has the article Yucca Project's Last 600 Employees Scramble for New Jobs that begins "Two years ago, about 2,700 employees worked on the Yucca Mountain project. That number is now about 600 -- and by the end of September, it will be zero."

Nuke dump shutdown lacks master plan, report says

     NEVADA - The Seattle Times has the article Nuke dump shutdown lacks master plan, report says that begins "The U.S. Department of Energy is moving quickly with no master plan to shut down a project that would have buried the nation's nuclear waste in Nevada, the department's inspector general said in a report made public Friday."

Article - Sen. Murray trying to license Nevada waste site

     NEVADA - The Seattle Times has the article Sen. Murray trying to license Nevada waste site that begins "Sen. Patty Murray of Washington says she'll introduce a measure Thursday to spend $200 million to continue the licensing process for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev."