The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published the final two of a five-volume series of its safety evaluation report for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Each volume covered ...

YUCCA MOUNTAIN, Nev. — Standing before the yawning, black mouth of the entrance to the Yucca Mountain repository site, Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) made an aggressive pitch yesterday for storing the ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Nevada lawmakers are criticizing former Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt’s endorsement of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the nation’s nuclear waste repository. ”I’ve been saying all ...

The fight to stop a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain has lasted for over three decades. For Nevada's Congressional delegation and the Western Shoshone, it's a question that doesn't go away.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump again will propose funding to restart the licensing process to make Yucca Mountain a nuclear waste repository Monday, the Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned. The ...

WASHINGTON — House lawmakers with a vested interest in permanent storage of nuclear waste in Nevada will make a trek to Yucca Mountain this month to tour the mothballed exploratory tunnel in the ...

RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Yucca Mountain hasn't made headlines for quite some time, but with the recent shift in political power, the debate over the proposed nuclear waste repository could ...

President Trump yesterday signaled his administration will reverse course and abandon the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada — a move that could pay off politically in the ...