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Members of a pro-Yucca Mountain group, Nevadans 4 Carbon Free Energy, were among protesters who rallied Thursday. April 21, 2011, outside President Obama's town hall meeting at Electra Therm Co. in Reno. Backers of the proposed nuclear waste dump 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas said Obama's push for renewable energy ignores the need for a long-term repository for spent fuels from existing nuclear power plants. (AP Photo/Scott Sonner)