Domenici to introduce nuclear waste bill by end of September

Washington (Platts)--7Sep2006

US Senator Pete Domenici expects to introduce nuclear waste legislation
later in September, he said.

The New Mexico Republican, who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, doesn't expect the bill to pass before the end of the year, but
said that introducing it now would open it for discussion before the new
Congress convenes in 2007.

The bill would be aimed at fixing what Domenici described in a late
Wednesday statement as "problems" facing the Department of Energy's proposed
repository project at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. No additional information was
available about the bill immediately.

Domenici told reporters in August that interim storage would not be
included in his waste legislation.

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