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On the recordMarch 19, 2018
In 2007 dollars, about $96 billion, and it has not been adjusted for inflation.
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Catherine Cortez Masto
Democratic · Nevada

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Cortez Masto highlights the outdated cost assessment for Yucca Mountain.

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