Heller: Don't force Yucca on Nevada

by Nevada Appeal.com

Sen. Dean Heller says the nation needs a program to dispose of and store nuclear fuel and radioactive waste but Yucca Mountain isn’t the answer. In a letter to House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee chairman John Shimkus, the Nevada Republican urged him not to try to revive the defunct Yucca Mountain repository project. Shimkus is holding hearings focused on doing just that.

“I fully appreciate the importance to Illinois, which is home to more nuclear power plants than any...