President Donald Trump has proposed to set aside funds in the 2018 federal budget to restart a stalled plan to build a repository for nuclear waste below Yucca Mountain.
The Trump administration has allotted $120 million for the site, which the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, a regulator, has said meets the safety requirements for the long-term storage of such waste.
The Nevada-based project, located in the desert 100 miles from Las Vegas, has been a political football since it was first proposed in 1987.
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