ADS URGE LAWMAKERS: 'Fix Yucca Mountain'

[NVMojo]

WASHINGTON -- The nuclear industry has launched advertisements urging Congress to pass a "Fix Yucca Mountain" bill amid signs such legislation probably is too late for this year.

The Nuclear Energy Institute is running full-page ads this week and next week in four publications read widely on Capitol Hill. The ads call on lawmakers "to get this project done and secure our energy future."Advertisement



"Congress approved a site for this facility in 2002 but the government is already 8 years behind schedule in accepting used nuclear fuel," the industry said.

Yucca Mountain, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas, was chosen for a nuclear waste repository, but management problems, funding shortfalls and legal challenges have stymied the effort. The state of Nevada and environmental groups insist the site is not safe.

"The message is we would like Congress in what little time it has left to get serious about fixing the Yucca Mountain program," said Scott Peterson, communications vice president for the nuclear trade association.

The NEI ads are running in Roll Call, The Hill, National Journal and Congress Daily. Peterson declined to say how much they cost.

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