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Mike Crapo: “I continue to support Yucca Mountain as the legally mandated, permanent geologic repository for both defense and…”

On the recordJune 6, 2012
I continue to support Yucca Mountain as the legally mandated, permanent geologic repository for both defense and civilian high level waste.
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Mike Crapo
Republican · Idaho

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Crapo reaffirms his support for Yucca Mountain as the designated nuclear waste repository.

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