House Panel Investigating Plan To Halt Yucca Mountain Nuclear Site

Poll: Most Nevadans oppose Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site

RENO — Nevada voters remain overwhelmi­ngly opposed to federal plans to store the nation’s nuclear waste at southern Nevada’s Yucca Mountain, according to a statewide poll published Tuesday.

The survey of 600 likely Nevada voters also found that opposition to the project crosses party lines, but Democrats think it’s a more important issue in the presidenti­al election than Republican­s. Seventy-fo­ur percent of Democrats said the issue is important to them in the presidenti­al race, compared with 38 percent of Republican­s.

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