11. A nuclear waste storage bill targeting Nevada for a dump is scheduled for a vote in the Senate next week. 12. But Russian officials acknowledge lax security at their nuclear storage facilities, and say they know of two terrorist stakeouts and one loss of fissionable material. 13. But under one possible outcome, they could end up living next to both an operating nuclear reactor and a nuclear waste storage site. 14. Experts predict how Nevada is likely to fare as Congress tries to resolve the nuclear waste storage issue this fall. 15. He has advocated that the region make a bid to become a nuclear waste storage site. 16. Illinois utility customers may be in for more than they bargained for when President Clinton vetoes legislation that would create an interim high-level nuclear waste storage site in Nevada. 17. In the meantime, utilities are seeking court permission to end payments into a fund for nuclear waste storage. 18. Nevada could get stuck with interim and permanent nuclear waste storage facilities under a bill introduced by Senate Republicans. 19. Nuclear storage plants, not the U.S. government, should be responsible for safe storage and shipment, he said. 20. Supplies of nuclear material were spread across research institutes, weapons laboratories, assembly plants, power plants, nuclear waste storage sites and naval fuel depots. |