Sandoval: Nev. will fight Yucca nuclear waste project
By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review-Journal
Gov. Brian Sandoval said he isn’t going to abandon his longstanding opposition to creation of a high-level nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, whether or not President-elect Donald Trump or Congress renew efforts to entomb radioactive materials at the site 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
Sandoval said Monday he has not yet had a conversation with Trump and does not know his position on Yucca Mountain.
“It won’t change my position on Yucca Mountain,” Sandoval said. “As far as I am concerned the state will continue to aggressively oppose the siting of storage of high-level nuclear waste there.”
