Nevada panel, tribe call out NRC on Yucca groundwater contamination concerns

PostedMay 10, 2016 - 6:08pmUpdatedMay 10, 2016 - 6:35pm

By KEITH ROGERS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL *Here's another background story on America's issue with nuclear waste fromThe Waste Lands Report.*

Federal plans to saddle Nevada with burying the nation’s most potent radioactive waste in Yucca Mountain were bemoaned Tuesday by the state Commission on Nuclear Projects and American Indians who would be most affected.

Questions about the potential for groundwater contamination were raised by Nev...