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Ed Whitfield: Blocking Yucca Mountain is penny wise and pound foolish, especially considering the $13.5 billion already spent.

On the recordMarch 15, 2011
Blocking Yucca Mountain is penny wise and pound foolish, especially considering the $13.5 billion already spent.
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Ed Whitfield
Republican · Kentucky

Editor's note · Context

Whitfield criticizes the decision to block Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste storage.

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