Ever since the so-called “Screw Nevada” bill passed by Congress in 1987 singling out the Yucca Mountain site northwest of Las Vegas to be studied as the nation’s nuclear waste facility ...

All Democratic candidates oppose Yucca Mountain, but what’s your solution to solving the waste issue — and what’s your stance on nuclear power? Hillary Clinton I’ve been against Yucca ...

In a press release, Sen. Cortez Masto said the people of her state do not want nuclear waste in their backyards.She added that any attempt to restart the failed Yucca Mountain project is unacceptable.

Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is reviving a push to block the creation of a national nuclear-waste dump at Yucca Mountain. Cortez Masto, Nevada's other ...