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On the recordJune 12, 2019
The costs to the American taxpayer to pay for the federal government's delay in opening the Yucca Mountain repository have more than doubled to $35 billion since 2009.
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David McKinley
Republican · West Virginia

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McKinley highlights the financial burden of delays in nuclear waste disposal.

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