House Panel Resolves Impasse on N-Waste Site

Jun 25 - Deseret News (Salt Lake City)

A House committee approved legislation Thursday aimed at resolving a budget problem that threatens the proposed nuclear waste facility in Nevada.

The bill still faces an uncertain future in the Senate.

The legislation, passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee by a 29-19 vote, would assure a steady stream of money for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste project over the next five years. The measure would keep the project on schedule to open in 2010, assuming it gets a federal license.

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