US president Joe Biden’s nominee for energy secretary Jennifer Granholm told the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee that the Biden administration opposes the use of Yucca Mountain in Nevada as a deep geologic radwaste repository.
She said she would rely on recommendations from a blue ribbon commission to identify a solution to storing nuclear waste.
During the 2020 campaign, Mr Biden said he was opposed to the use of Yucca Mountain, as did former president Donald Trump, whose administration failed for three consecutive years to restart the application process for the repository, about 100 km northwest of Las Vegas.
She said she would rely on recommendations from a blue ribbon commission to identify a solution to storing nuclear waste.
During the 2020 campaign, Mr Biden said he was opposed to the use of Yucca Mountain, as did former president Donald Trump, whose administration failed for three consecutive years to restart the application process for the repository, about 100 km northwest of Las Vegas.
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