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On the recordMay 31, 2011
the Department of Energy's decision to withdraw its application for Yucca Mountain is really the cherry on top of a greatly mismanaged federal exercise.
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G. K. Butterfield
Democratic · North Carolina

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Butterfield criticizes the DOE's withdrawal from the Yucca Mountain project as indicative of poor management.

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