It was also the question that seemed to be on President Barack Obama mind early last year, as he canceled funding for the nuclear repository and shuttered the site indefinitely. "Yucca Mountain," said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada commented with a grin, " it is gone."
Obama's decision to close Yucca Mountain seemed like a victory for the environment, it was the opposite. Although the issues at Yucca are serious and several including those cinder cones, a nearby seismic fault, and the gradual creep of water through the mountain the decision to cancel the repository may be even riskier still.
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