One of the hottest subjects in Nevada is whether the federal government will go through with long-time plans to build a repository for radioactive nuclear waste at Yucca, which is about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.
If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has anything to say about it, it won't be built.
Reid, who has slowed down and blocked the project was able to slash more than $100 million out of the budget for the Yucca Mountain repository project before the end of 2007.
How did Nevada, which has no nuclear power plants of its own, ...
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