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Clinton To Veto Nuclear Waste Bill
Clinton To Veto Nuclear Waste Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Clinton is poised to veto
legislation that would have allowed storage of thousands of tons of
highly radioactive nuclear waste in the Nevada desert.
Clinton promised weeks ago to veto the bill, and the White House
said he would carry it out Tuesday. The legislation passed the
House on a 253-167 vote in March, and the Senate 64-34 a month
earlier; At least two-thirds of those voting are required for an
override.
The bill requires that shipments of used nuclear fuel, building up at
reactors in 31 states, begin to be shipped to Nevada in 2007, once
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission approves a license for a
permanent waste site in the state.
The White House has opposed the legislation partly because the
bill raises questions about the authority of the Environmental
Protection Agency to independently determine radiation exposure
standards for a future Yucca Mountain underground repository.
The NRC is expected to decide as early as 2006 on whether the
Yucca Mountain underground nuclear waste repository 90 miles
northwest of Las Vegas should be licensed. Now under scientific
review, the site is proposed for opening in 2010. State officials have
pledged to fight it.
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