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Focuses on the storage of toxic waste from commercial nuclear plants in the United States. Description of the Yucca Mountain in Nevada, which is being assessed as a storage site of the waste; Details on the proposals for the use and storage of the waste materials; Details on the dispute between the nuclear plants and the Energy Department about the temporary storage of the materials. INSET: Leakproof? don't count on it.

Focuses on issues about the national experiment in nuclear containment and nuclear weapons production in the U.S. Protest lodged against the planned nuclear-waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada; Environmental and health issues associated with the transportation of nuclear wastes; Discussion on the operations of nuclear power plants in the U.S.

Explores the position of Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush on the issues raised by the nuclear power industry in the United States. Role of nuclear power as a power resource in the future; Opposition to the construction of a temporary nuclear-waste storage site at Nevada's Yucca Mountain; Impact of the deregulation of electricity markets and the price of natural gas on the market value of nuclear power plants.