The new U.S. administration effectively terminated the Yucca Mountain spent fuel repository project by removing virtually all funding for it. According to World Nuclear News, the Department of Energy announced that "The Yucca Mountain program will be scaled back to those costs necessary to answer inquiries from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), while the administration devises a new strategy toward nuclear waste disposal."
The end of Yucca Mountain
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