DOE and NRC have requested something approaching $200 million over the last two years for Yucca Mountain even though it has been killed and revived and killed again. It's been dead for years, but it never really dies. They continue to pour money into it. But, as previously stated, they aren't allowed to use it.

Nevada has fought hard against it. But people outside Nevada (and some inside Nevada) keep trying to jam it down Nevada's throat. The illegal midnight run was just one example.

There had been some $10 billion sunk into the project 10 years ago. You can guess who has the incentive to keep pouring 100s of millions more into a supposedly cancelled project. If the whole point is to funnel giant money into somebodies' pockets, the legal status of the facility has nothing to do with the money allocated for it.