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The federal government has long treated Nevada as a dumping ground, and it's not just Yucca Mountain

  • Written by Michael Green, Associate Professor of History, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
A 2015 tour of an entryway into the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository AP Photo/John Locher

Nevadans can be forgiven for thinking they are in an endless loop of “The Walking Dead” TV series. Their least favorite zombie federal project refuses to die.

In 2010, Congress had abandoned plans to turn Yucca Mountain, about 100...

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