Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012 | 4:38 p.m.
At an event in Columbia, South carolina, that state's governor, Nikki Halley, raised the issue of Yucca Mountain, according to a source on the ground.
Here's what she said:
"I said, governor, we had this issue with Yucca Mountain. They made a promise to us. They said they would take our nuclear waste. And after years of us paying a billion dollars … with some other states, they pulled the rug out from us, just for political purposes. He said, ‘I will bid it out to any other state, and if we can’t do that, I will fight to get you your money back.'"
Romney has made similar statements in the past, save for the refund money to states with nuclear waste comments, including at that Las Vegas debate:
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