House Favors Scaling Back Bush Nuclear Bid

[Eugene]

House Favors Scaling Back Bush Nuclear Bid


Thursday May 25, 2006 2:46 AM

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By H. JOSEF HEBERT

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House appeared ready to scale back President Bush's ambitious
plan to resume nuclear fuel reprocessing as part of an international program to boost
nuclear power.

A broad spending bill, expected to be approved by the House later Wednesday would cut
Bush's request for the first installment of the nuclear initiative in half, to about
$130 million. An attempt to slash it by an additional $40 million was rejected.

The $30 billion spending measure funds the Energy Department, related agencies and
numerous federal water projects.

While lawmakers expressed skepticism about the nuclear fuel recycling proposals, dubbed
the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, they plan to resume full funding for development
of a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada after several years of reduced
spending on the program.

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[Massacure]

1. Burying it in a mountain is cheaper than recycling spent fuel.

Its not the morally right thing to do though.