WASHINGTON, March 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed budget cuts off funding for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, observers say.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Opponents of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository said they're hopeful President-elect Barack Obama will put an end to the project.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it's awarded a five-year, $2.5 billion Yucca Mountain management and operating contract to USA Repository Services.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Monday it will conduct a full review of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy says it has revised upward its cost estimate of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository from its 1983 start to closure in 2133.
LAS VEGAS, July 15 (UPI) -- The cost to build and operate the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear dump in Nevada is estimated at $90 billion, officials say.
WASHINGTON, June 3 (UPI) -- A license application for the first U.S. national repository for spent nuclear fuel was filed Tuesday for a Nevada site, the Energy Department said.
WASHINGTON, May 21 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Energy awarded two contracts for storage containers to hold nuclear fuel bound for the proposed Yucca Mountain repository in Nevada.
WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Energy Department will resubmit legislation to Congress that failed last year, aimed at jump-starting a nuclear waste repository in Nevada.
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10 (UPI) --
