Las Vegas, NV - Today the Attorney General of the State of Texas Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to try and force the federal government to revive the failed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste scheme. Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement:

“I suggest the Texas Attorney General spend more time concentrating on the serious charges he is facing for securities fraud and less time trying to distract the voters of Texas by screwing the people of Nevada. Yucca Mountain remains a dead and failed proposal. Any attempt to spend billions more on this boondoggle is bad science and wasted resources.”

Congresswoman Titus recently introduced H.R. 456, the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act, which codifies the recommendations by the Blue Ribbon Commission for America’s Nuclear Future to implement a consent-based process for the siting of nuclear waste depositories. That legislation ensures that host states, affected governments, and tribal communities have a say in the siting process.