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Considering Yucca Mountain — Again

It’s been more than 30 years since Yucca Mountain was picked as the nation’s nuclear waste site. The state of Nevada has been fighting the project ever since. Now, the long-running debate about storing nuclear waste there is back on the table. Noah Glick (@imnoahglick)from KUNR reports.

This story comes via the Mountain West News Bureau.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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