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An infographic about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Spent nuclear fuel is the radioactive by-product of electricity generation at commercial nuclear power plants, and high-level radioactive waste is the by-product of reprocessing spent fuel to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons. [19]
On July 8, 2010, Harry Reid, Steven Chu and Ken Salazar announced that a 25-square-mile (65 km 2) portion of this area was being reassigned as a development and test area for new solar technologies. [9] One of the test stands of Area 25, the Reactor Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (R-MAD) facility, has been demolished.
Harry Reid firmly opposed the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository in Nevada. He's quoted as saying the concept "is dead. It'll never happen." Reid, who had long been an opponent of the centralized nuclear waste facility in his home state, said he would continue to work to block completion of the project. "It's dying on its own.
Opposition to storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain has united Nevadans across political lines — until now. A Senate candidate has spoken favorably about the idea.
Harry Reid, the former Senate majority leader and Nevada’s longest-serving member of Congress, has died. Reid died Tuesday, “peacefully” and surrounded by friends “following a courageous ...
Reid had been one of the first senators to express dissatisfaction with President Clinton over the scandal, describing the president's behavior as "immoral." [2] During the campaign, Reid cited his efforts to block the storage of nuclear waste at the Yucca Mountain repository, while also using the issue to attack Ensign. In one campaign speech ...
Harry Mason Reid Jr. was born on December 2, 1939, in Searchlight, Nevada, the third of four sons of Harry Reid, a rock miner, and Inez Orena (Jaynes) Reid, a laundress for local brothels. [4] [5] At that time, Searchlight was a small, impoverished town. [6] [7] His father died of suicide in 1972, at the age of 58, when Harry was 32 years old.
Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid shrugged Tuesday when asked if he supported the recount effort spearheaded by Jill Stein.