Yucca Mountain Inquiry - very disturbing

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Reid, Ensign pursue inquiry into Yucca project allegations

By SAMANHA YOUNG
STEPHENS WASHINGTON BUREAU
and
KEITH ROGERS
REVIEW-JOURNAL

WASHINGTON -- Nevada senators Thursday petitioned the Justice Department to launch their own investigation into allegations that government employees fabricated work relating to the Yucca Mountain Project.

In a letter to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller, the Nevadans requested immediate action be taken to "preserve and protect" records related to government's bid to store 77,000 tons of nuclear waste at the site, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

The request by Sens. Harry Reid, D-Nev., and John Ensign, R-Nev., comes a day after the departments of Energy and Interior admitted that two workers at the U.S. Geological Survey had falsified documents with studies on water penetration into Yucca Mountain.