A decade after the Chernobyl disast...

A decade after the Chernobyl disaster in the Ukraine, nuclear waste does not repeatedly make the headlines, but handling of these and other hazardous materials is an issue that has grabbed the attention of numerous federal and state legislators.

U Senate Bill 104 the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997 sponsored by way of Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-Alaska), chairman of the Senate Committee in succession Energy and Natural Resources, is the latest replication

The bill, which passed forward April 15, is dubbed the "Mobile Chernobyl" bill through detractors. It calls for storing high-level radioactive materials at a far location in the Nevada deserted region instead of letting them continue to pile up at 80 locations in 41 states.

Plans call for a permanent waste storage area at Yucca Mountain in Nevada to start receiving worn out fuel rods and other nuclear wastes by dint of 2023. Meanwhile, Murkowski proposes construction of an interim storage