Nevada, feds to study nuke-waste burial in state

LAS VEGAS — Nevada and the federal Energy Department announced Tuesday they’ve formalized a panel to study contentious issues including whether radioactive material from a World War II-era plant in Tennessee will be buried at a former nuclear weapons proving ground north of Las Vegas. Gov. Brian Sandoval and Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz announced that more than a year of negotiations yielded a signed agreement to continue “senior-level