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Resolution on Yucca Mt. goes through subcommittee

WAP2002042355 - WASHINGTON, April 23 (UPI) -- Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-NV, listens in as the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on energy and air quality debates the pros and cons of the having a permanent nuclear storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, on April 23, 2002, in Washington. .mk/Michael Kleinfeld UPI

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