$0 for Yucca Mountain included in Obama’s budget proposal

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Yucca Mountain is located about 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

$0 for Yucca Mountain included in Obama’s budget proposal
By Karoun Demirjian
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 | 2 a.m.

In a divided Congress, President Barack Obama’s proposed $3.9 trillion budget is all but guaranteed to be greatly revised before fiscal 2015 rolls around in October.

Yet as a policy document, there are several areas of the budget to which Nevadans might want to turn their attention because they affect funding and authorization for programs and communities with an important foothold in the state.

Depending on your industry, there may be several parts of the budget we’ve skipped that hold a personal interest. We selected these 11 items for their potential to pack a special punch in the Silver State.

In his budget proposal, Obama reiterates a stand on Yucca Mountain that comes as reassurance to anti-dumpsite Nevadans, especially after a year in which the federal courts sided with those who want to keep the development going.