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Thomas Rivera Schatz: the Yucca Mountain project owes its ultimate demise to years of delays, manipulation and obstructionism by Senate…

On the recordJanuary 31, 2012
the Yucca Mountain project owes its ultimate demise to years of delays, manipulation and obstructionism by Senate majority leader Harry Reid, and the exigencies of election-year politics.
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Thomas Rivera Schatz

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Schatz blames Harry Reid for the failure of the Yucca Mountain project due to political delays.

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