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March 12, 2009

Now that Yucca Mountain is no longer an option, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign today introduced a bill to create a national commission on high level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel to study alternatives for managing nuclear waste in the United States. This follows recent news from the Obama Administration that the nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain is not an option for dealing with our nation's nuclear waste. Under this legislation, the commission will have two years to study the issue and report its findings to Congress.

"I have worked for more than 20 years to help Nevada reach this point in its fight against the Yucca Mountain project," Reid said. "Now that Yucca is out of the picture, we need to study what our options are to safely and responsibly deal with our nation's nuclear waste." To read more about Reid's work to keep Nevadans safe by preventing Yucca Mountain from ever being built please click here.