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Nuclear waste storage at Yucca Mountain could roil Nevada U.S. Senate race
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP May 01, 2024 09:06am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Seema Mehta |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 30, 2024 11:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Yucca Mountain is a third rail in Nevada politics — akin to the limits on California property tax increases created by Proposition 13. That’s why presidents of both parties have backed away from creating the repository in the Silver State, whose voters are increasingly crucial to winning the White House.
All of which makes comments by Nevada GOP Senate candidate Sam Brown about Yucca Mountain so remarkable.
In recent years, Brown supported opening the facility, calling the failure to do so an “incredible loss of revenue for our state.” Asked about the comments in the context of a Senate race that could determine which party controls the Senate after the November election, Brown did not reiterate his support but said he favors increased efforts to diversify the state’s economy without sacrificing safety. |
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