Democrats oppose nuclear waste dump

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



Democrats oppose nuclear waste dump

By KATHLEEN HENNESSEY, Associated Press Writer
Tue Nov 13, 3:40 AM ET



LAS VEGAS - The leading Democratic presidential candidates are united on the government's Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage plan: They'd scrap it.


Their vigorous opposition to the project reflects Nevada's importance as one of a handful of states that will lead off voting in January for the Democratic and Republican nominations. Few local issues are as unpopular with Nevadans as the waste dump.

The Democrats have just one problem — their records keep getting in the way. Front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton has created suspicion because she's refused to rule out expansion of nuclear power as a solution to the nation's energy woes and has received campaign contributions from the nuclear industry. Barack Obama, whose home state of Illinois has more nuclear plants than any other, also has received substantial contributions from the industry and wants to leave nuclear power on the table.

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On the Net:

Yucca Mountain Project: http://www.ymp.gov

Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects: http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste




Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071113/ap_on_el_pr/candidates_yucca_mountain;_ylt=ArJj2qjdxdW1Zh2vu8tbQYSs0NUE

[Demeter]

1. Well, That's Just Stupid

This waste that the government generated has to go somewhere.

[DCKit]

2. Ding, Ding, Ding!!!!

They've been screwing around on this long enough. This shit has got to be stored somewhere and they're playing political football.

I've heard that, even though it won't be ready until 2010, Yucca Mt. is already full (so to speak).

I worked on the legal case for this for a couple of years and it's ALL politics - from both sides. The decision has been made and they need to make a move.

[mitchtv]

8. "government generated"?

I thought this waste is from Privately owned power plants. If so, it should be stored by the state it benefits, and not transferred around the country on trains and trucks.

[Demeter]

11. You Didn't Think All Those Nucular Weapons of Mass Destruction Grew On Trees, Did You?

The govt. has got tons of the stuff to make disappear.

[mitchtv]

13. Spent nuclear Fuel, I believe is the problem here

Westinghouse, GE, PG&E are the culprits. Nuclear weapons are not going to be stored in Yucca MT, as far as I know.

[Demeter]

14. From the Sierra Club

The proposed Yucca Mountain Repository for High-Level Nuclear Waste 90 miles from Las Vegas, Nevada is the only site being considered by the federal government for the storage of irradiated fuel from the nation's 131 commercial nuclear reactors, Navy ship reactors, and private research sites.

http://www.sierraclub.org/nuclearwaste/yucca_factsheet.asp

[9119495]

3. When is our scheduled cave in on this issue?

Will it be the old "give in for no god-damned reason" or "compromise for the sake of" some other bill?

[Demeter]

4. You're Too Young To Be So Cynical

and so am I.

[Javaman]

7. 3...2...1...

cave!

[wuushew]

5. Big deal, Kerry was saying the same thing in 2004

Not enough Nevadans cared to vote to overcome the Republican induced fraud so my sympathy is running thin.

[mitchtv]

9. Mine is running thin , too..../nt

[AndyTiedye]

10. There Simply May Not Be Enough Nevadans

[Sam Ervin jret]

6. So which state get the "glow in the dark" "federal park"?

Florida? They have that one stolen already don't they.

Texas? Crawford, Texas? Who would notice yet another pile of crap there?

[humbled_opinion]

12. What about windmills adorning the beach fronts of the Hamptons...

That ought to do the trick...;