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David McKinley: “The costs to the American taxpayer to pay for the federal government's delay in opening the Yucca Mountain repository…”

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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