Yucca plays D.C.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/mar/02/566610840.html

WASHINGTON - Every so often all of the major players in the long-running saga of Yucca Mountain gather in one spot in the nation's capital, and the result is Washington theater: nuclear waste policy as a two-hour stage production.

Broadway this ain't, although the shows typically offer a few chuckles and a moment or two of drama. The hearings also offer a glimpse at the complex issues and perspectives that have shaped the Yucca story.

The actors assembled in a wood-paneled Senate hearing room Wednesday for a "status" hearing on the proposed nuclear waste repository program.

Among the players:

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