House panel backs Nevada nuclear waste disposal site

Wednesday, April 24, 2002

WASHINGTON -- A House panel voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to override Nevada's objections to building a nuclear waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain in the state's desert.

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