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February 26, 2009

Obama Ends Funding for Yucca Nuclear Waste Dump
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Other highlights of Obama’s budget include a sharp reduction in funding
for the nuclear waste dump Yucca Mountain in Nevada. The new budget
removes virtually all of Yucca’s funding with the exception of license
fees submitted last year. The Energy Department says the Yucca program
will be “scaled back while the administration devises a new strategy
toward nuclear-waste disposal.”



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