Reid’s exit will make fighting Yucca Mountain project tougher, ex-governor says

By SEAN WHALEY
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

*Here's another background story on America's issue with nuclear waste fromThe Waste Lands Report.*

CARSON CITY — Former Nevada Gov. Richard Bryan told a legislative panel on Friday that although the state’s case against Yucca Mountain is strong, keeping the high-level nuclear waste repository at bay will be a challenge with U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s departure.

Bryan, chairman of the Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects, said Reid, D-Nev., has succeeded in ke...