Nevada Delegation Wins One Battle on Nuclear Waste Funding

摘要

Nevada opponents of a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain scored a victory when a House committee turned away an attempt to put money behind an effort to restart the process of licensing the project. The House Appropriations Committee voted 25-27 to shoot down the amendment by Rep. Mike Simpson, R- Idaho, to add $74 million to the bill, less than the $116 million sought by the Trump administration to revive the hearings on the Energy Department's application to build the repository. The overall bill appropriates $46.4 billion for various purposes.