Will Trump and Perry Revive Proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository?

By David Wagman | Posted 27 Jan 2017 | 13:00 GMT | From the IEEE Spectrum Will Yucca Mountain rise again?

The answer may be more political than technical. And the topic of long-term nuclear waste storage is just one of dozens facing Energy Secretary-designate Rick Perry , should he be confirmed by the Senate. 

The remote Nevada site is just one of several options for the new administration to consider. Yucca Mountain in Nevada was legally designated decades ago as the site for long-term storage...