Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Editorial: Abandoning waste site undoes years of planning

  September 10, 2009 in Opinion on Page A11 In 1987 – a full 42 years after the onset of the Manhattan Project – Congress settled on Yucca Mountain in Nevada as the permanent repository for more than 14,000 … 1

• Our View: Storage solution needed to enable nuclear power

  May 29, 2009 in Opinion on Page A13 With the growing concern over global warming, nuclear power plants have leaped back into the national conversation as a cleaner alternative to facilities powered by fossil fuels. However, the issue … 1

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  Nuclear waste site scrapped

  March 6, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – For two decades, a ridge of volcanic rock 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas known as Yucca Mountain has been the sole focus of government plans to store …