STORM CLOUDS LOOM FOR AMERICA’S NUCLEAR INDUSTRY AS OBAMA PRESIDENCY LOOMS
November 1st, 2008
BY SARAH BROWN
WHEN US President-elect Barack Obama takes office this January 20, the transition of power may halt plans for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada and could impede the progress of new nuclear energy development across America.
Although Obama has not outlined a plan of action to stop plans for the Yucca Mountain repository, he has publicly opposed the site. His influence, along with Democratic majorities in Congress, could end or indefinitely delay the project, already estimated to be more than 20 years behind schedule. These new ...
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