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Science 22 February 2002:
Vol. 295. no. 5559, p. 1441
DOI: 10.1126/science.295.5559.1441d
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Saying 2 decades of study is enough, President George W. Bush last week approved plans to bury radioactive waste from U.S. commercial nuclear reactors under Yucca Mountain in Nevada. But state politicians are vowing to block the long-controversial plan in the courts and Congress (Science, 28 April 2000, p. 602). Nevada governor Kenny Guinn (R) sued Bush just hours after the 15 February announcement, claiming the state didn't get enough time to review an environmental study. And a major congressional fight over the issue is expected this summer. The White House needs to win a simple majority in the House and Senate for the plan to proceed.

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