With Budget and License Application Axed, What Will Happen to Yucca?

摘要

Now that the Obama administration has pulled all funding for Yucca Mountain from its proposed 2011 budget, and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has formed a panel to study alternatives to discarding the nation's spent fuel, a looming question remains:rnWhat will become of Yucca Mountain?rnSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Nevada Democrat who has long battled Yucca's construction in his state, has asked the Government Accountability Office for a report that explores that question.