Beyond Nuclear - Yucca Mountain

See the archived webcast, as well as the written testimony of U.S. Senators Cortez-Masto and Rosen (both Democrats from Nevada), opposing the Yucca Mountain dump, as well as the written testimony of NRDC's Geoff Fettus, opposing both the Yucca dump as well as consolidated interim storage facilities targeting New Mexico and Texas.

Although the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, Republican Barasso from Wyoming, called this hearing on short notice, opponents to his schemes embodied in the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2019 dominated the session.

Update on November 21, 2019 by

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After passage by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee of H.R. 2699, Barrasso reintroduced the bill he had previously introduced way back on May 1st:

Wyoming News - Barrasso introduces legislation to address nuclear waste storage

U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works - Chairman Barrasso Introduces Legislation to Address Nuclear Waste

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