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On the recordSeptember 9, 2013
the DOE would close down the Yucca Mountain program, abandoning the 30 years of research and $15 billion invested.
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John Shimkus
Republican · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Shimkus highlights the abandonment of the Yucca Mountain project and its implications.

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