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G. K. Butterfield: “The Department of Energy's decision to withdraw its application for Yucca Mountain is really the cherry on top of a…”

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

Editor's note · Context

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

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