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Democratic presidential hopeful Senator Hillary Clinton joined Nevada officials in lashing out at the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
An Energy Department official insisted the project is safe and on-track.
Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign contended that it's based on flawed science and will never get built.
Clinton requested the Senate environment committee hearing after promising Nevada voters she'd do so.
The New York Democrat is courting voters before Nevada's Jan. 19 presidential caucus.
Democratic Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, another presidential candidate, also submitted a statement opposing the dump. But Obama's not on the committee.
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