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The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository got another nail in its coffin today, as the Energy Department formally asked to withdraw its applications for access to water in the area surrounding Yucca Mountain.
The request came after state engineer Tracy Taylor twice wrote to the agency to ask whether he should continue with the application, given President Barack Obama's stated plan to kill the planned nuclear waste dump.
The Energy Department had sought 116 different water rights for the Yucca Mountain project, but the exact amount of groundwater in question wasn't immediately available from the state Division of Water Resources.
"This is another step toward ending the misguided Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository project," said Executive Director of the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects Bruce Breslow in an e-mail.
The Energy Department has stated it plans to submit a motion to withdraw the Yucca Mountain Waste Repository license application and that it intends never to revive the project.
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