Subcommittee passes bill to make Yucca Mountain the U.S. nuclear repository

*Here's another piece from the The Waste Lands Report* by Craig Fiegener and Marvin Clemons WASHINGTON, D.C. (KSNV News3LV) — Despite Nevada protests against it, a measure to make Yucca Mountain the nation's nuclear waste repository advanced in a congressional subcommittee Thursday morning.

On a voice vote, the House Energy and Commerce Environment Subcommittee advanced the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 to the full Energy and Commerce Committee for consideration.

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