Blocking Yucca Mountain is penny wise and pound foolish, especially considering the $13.5 billion already spent.
Ed Whitfield: “Blocking Yucca Mountain is penny wise and pound foolish, especially considering the $13.5 billion already spent.”
On the recordMarch 15, 2011
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Whitfield criticizes the decision to block Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste storage.
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