Court Orders NRC And Obama Administration To Process Yucca Mountain License

Thursday, August 15, 2013 - 17:30 in Mathematics & Economics

It's not often that I can say I am stunned by a judicial decision but I have been talking about Yucca Mountain since President Obama took office and immediately honored his deal with Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada to kill the project, after every study by scientists found it the safest place for 70,000 metric tons of high-level waste and a whole lot of money had been spent.It was the most flagrant scientization of politics in recent memory - and the court has taken notice. read more

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