Paul Broun actually said...

The decision to close Yucca Mountain was not driven by science, and it is a fiction to pretend that it was.

In 2008, the President stated that he would 'restore the basic principle that government decisions should be based on the best-available, sc...

the proposed repository meets all applicable safety requirements, including those related to human health and groundwater protection.

The State of Nevada currently opposes Yucca Mountain.