02/01/10

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) _ Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons says President
Barack Obama is making the right decision to zero out funding for
the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.

Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Sunday said the
president's budget will propose withdrawing a license application
and all funds for Yucca Mountain.

Gibbons, a first-term Republican seeking re-election, has often
been critical of Reid for saying Yucca Mountain is dead while the
licensing process continued.

The proposed site 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas has been
targeted for 20 years to house the nation's high level nuclear
waste.

Reid says Obama will appoint a commission to consider dealing
with the nation's nuclear waste.

Democratic Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus of Las Vegas
also hailed Obama's funding cut for Yucca Mountain.

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