Trump's propsed Yucca Mountain revival should be dead on arrival

Editorial in the Las Vegas Sun.

For millions of Americans, the science and safety of Yucca don’t add up

Guest column by Mary Olson in the Las Vegas Sun.

Mary Olson is director of the Southeast Office of the Nuclear Information and Resource Service.

Battle against Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump is reborn

Judy Treichel, the executive director of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, has published an op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun, "Battle against Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump is reborn."

Treichel concludes:

Nevada is the Battle Born state and after 30 years we still say “No.”

Nevada lawmakers pledge fierce resistance to Trump's attempted Yucca Mountain revival

Updated - Friday, March 17, 2017

• State of Nevada - Statement from Governor Sandoval on Yucca Mountain
• State of Nevada - Attorney General Laxalt Issues Statement on Yucca Mountain
• Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) - Heller and Cortez Masto: Administration's Yucca Request is Dead on Arrival

Updated - Thursday, March 16, 2017

• Seantor Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) - Cortez Masto Statement on President Trump's Irresponsible Attempt to Revive Yucca Mountain
• Senator Dean Heller (R-NV) - Heller Statement on New Yucca Mountain Proposal
• Congressman Ruben Kihuen, (D4-NV) - White House Budget Allocates Funding for Unnecessary Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain
• Congresswoman Jacky Rosen (D3-NV) - Congresswoman Jacky Rosen Statement On Trump's Anti-Nevada Budget Request
• Las Vegas Review-Journal - Nevada lawmakers pledge fierce resistance to Yucca Mountain revival - Gary Martin

The Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump, a political hot potato, is back

As reported by CNBC.