As you know, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission was tasked under law to evaluate the site and after litigation they were finally allowed to release the report, which said if used as designed Yucca Mountain would be safe for a million years.
Shimkus references a report on the safety of Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste.
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