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Yucca Mountain: One Man Switches Sides
Yucca Mountain is the nation's planned repository for spent nuclear fuel (Photo courtesy of the US Department of Energy) Politically speaking, America's nuclear waste storage policy is a mess. Hazardous spent nuclear fuel is supposed to be buried under Nevada's Yucca Mountain, but after two decades - it's not finished. Congress pushed the project onto Nevada in the 80s by passing what's known as the "Screw Nevada Bill." Shawn Allee met a man who regrets helping put nuclear waste at Nevada's doorstep: Information from the US Department of Energy The latest on Yucca from Reuters An article on Yucca from Scientific American Producer: Shawn Allee
Release Date: May 4, 2009
Running Time: 3:37