NRC Wants Yucca Mountain License Work Finished by Sept. 30
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, deadlocked on whether to move ahead with a nuclear-waste dump at Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, directed an agency licensing board to complete work on the matter by Sept. 30.
“The commission finds itself evenly divided on” whether to overturn or uphold a decision by the board last year blocking the Energy Department from withdrawing its request for a license.