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c-span2. for more information on the week ahead, we spoke with a capitol hill reporter. give us a short and condensed version of this issue that goes back many, many years, if not decades. what is the situation in the yucca mountain? jeremy: this is a big bill's tackling nuclear waste. in the 1980's, it was established that yucca mountain would be the place with the nation's commercial nuclear waste would be. that was going along behind schedule for the next couple of years. when the obama administration came into power, they decided to cancel the project because of harsh, local opposition to it.

that has kind of stalled it since about 2010. with the new trump administration and the republicans in power in the house and senate, people are seeing this as the renaissance for yucca mountain. it is finally coming back. that is what this bill would do. it presents a new strategy to get this going again and doing the stuff that needs to be done so the license application currently pending before the nuclear regulation committee can go forward. it also does some stuff that gets it to be bipartisan. it authorizes an interim storage program which was what the obama administration had recommended doing in place of yucca mountain. this is a two-step approach they -- that gets everyone on board and does a conference of nuclear -- comprehensive nuclear waste strategy for the country, where it has been lacking for the past eight years or so. >> the bill comes out of the energy and commerce committee, supported -- sponsored by john shimkus of illinois, passing that with an overwhelming vote.

you detailed some of the items in the bill. it comes to the house floor for support. will it likely be as strong in committee? jeremy: there are 81,000 metric tons of this commercial and nuclear waste. it is spread across 35 states. you don't want that in your state. that is part of the problem nevada has hosting this nuclear waste repository. the nuclear waste has long half-life, meaning it is going to stay radioactive for thousands and thousands of years, probably longer than current recorded history. that is a problem for a lot of people. they want to get it out of their states. it moved out of the energy and commerce committee on a 49-4 vote. pretty unheard of, especially since this issue has divided the house and senate for so long. to see such a strong vote coming

out of committee will carry over. there is going to be this nevada opposition getting loud in the next week. >> let me show you some of that opposition. this is from a congresswoman, her words, not ours. next week, representative shimkus will br ing his screw nevada 2.0 build to the floor. -- bill to the floor. this legislation will rubberstamp the yucca mountain to turn nevada into the nation's nuke dump will be bad policy. i will continue to fight it every step of the way. why in the past has nevada delegation been so strong in resisting these types of measures, and if it passes the house, where does it stand in the u.s. senate? jeremy: that is the big problem right now. i mentioned it in the first question. this project got canceled in 2010 from the obama administration because of strong local opposition to it. this is something that former majority leader and democratic

leader in the senate harry reid made. it is actually something that carries over to bipartisanship in nevada. you will see next week representative jacky rosen, who is currently running against senator dean heller in the nevada race, she will come out just as hard because this is an issue that unites nevadans. you can see that all the way up to the governor, who is a republican who is against it. it is not just party lines. it will pass the house, but it will run into opposition in the senate. senators are there waiting and willing to put a filibuster up there. the senate is looking at doing some of their own nuclear waste management. senator lamar alexander and senator feinstein have been talking recently with the appropriation cycle getting up

the energy water bill which touches on these issues. it has been a priority for them to get something going. that may take the turn of something interim storage space than storage at yucca mountain. there is some hope that the senate could do something. this current bill is likely going to have to go uphill to get past the senate. >> we have been speaking with jeremy dillon, who is energy and environmental reporter with cq roll call. you can follow him online and on twitter. thank you so much for the update. jeremy: thanks for having me. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the

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