Feds seek withdrawal of Yucca Mountain water applications

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository got another nail in its coffin today, as the Energy Department formally asked to withdraw its applications for access to water in the area surrounding Yucca Mountain. The request came after state engineer Tracy Taylor twice wrote to the agency to ask whether he should continue with the application, given President Barack Obama's stated plan to kill the planned nuclear waste dump. The Energy Department had sought 116 different water rights for the Yucca Mountain project, but the exact amount of groundwater in question wasn't immediately available from the state Division of Water Resources...read more