Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015 | 11:11 p.m.
CARSON CITY — A former state attorney who led Nevada’s legal fight against a proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste repository will be paid $500,000 over the next two years to continue the battle.
The state Board of Examiners today approved the private contract for Marta Adams, who led the state’s effort for 17 years until her retirement this year.
Gov. Brian Sandoval said she did an outstanding job during her tenure with the state.
The state Attorney General’s Office said it will take one to two years to train a deputy attorney general to replace Adams, who has expertise and special knowledge of the issues.
Bob Halstead, executive director of Nevada’s Nuclear Projects Office, said the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Las Vegas and Armargosa Valley for hearings on the potential impact on water if the high-level nuclear repository is built.
The hearing will be Sept. 15 in Las Vegas and Sept. 17 in Armargosa Valley.
He said the next four months will be crucial in Congress to the future of the proposed Yucca Mountain project. There is a group in the House pushing for the project, but the Senate is taking a more measured approach, he said.
It’s going to be a “three-ring circus” for the next four months, Halstead said.
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