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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WASHINGTON, April 25 (UPI) -- The Department of Energy understated the potential impact of transporting nuclear waste to the proposed Yucca Mountain storage site by failing to include the nation's research reactors in its environmental impact statement, Rep. Jim Gibbons, R-Nev., said
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