Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Recent California earthquakes that rattled Las Vegas have shaken up arguments on both sides of a stalled federal plan to entomb nuclear waste beneath a long-studied site in southern Nevada. Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso said this week his legislation to jumpstart the process to open the Yucca Mountain project is based on studies that … [Read more...]
Scientists monitoring swarm of 60 small quakes north of Reno
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO — Scientists are keeping a close eye on a swarm of dozens of small earthquakes that have been recorded in recent days in Sun Valley north of Reno, along with a larger quake earlier this month south of Reno. A sequence of 60 earthquakes that began in Sun Valley early last Wednesday were too small to be felt, said Graham Kent, a … [Read more...]