Laura Rauch/Associated Press The sun rises on the landscape surrounding Yucca Mountain in May 2000. The leading Democratic presidential candidates are united on the government's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage plan: They'd scrap it. Their vigorous opposition to the project reflects Nevada's importance as one of a handful of states that will lead off voting in January for the Democratic and Republican nominations. Few local issues are as unpopular with Nevadans as the waste dump.

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Democrats' anti-Yucca Mountain stances complicated by records

• By ncs-import
• November 15, 2007