GOP chairman pushes nuke regulators on Yucca waste site

Sen. Lamar Alexander is criticizing nuclear power regulators for not asking for money to review the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site in Nevada. Alexander, chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee with authority over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission , pressed the commissioners, saying that their budget request does not move Yucca forward.

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