(Wisconsin) Towns: Plants should pay for storing nuclear waste

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By Kristopher Wenn
Herald Times Reporter

TWO CREEKS — ...

"When this plant was being built, they promised us that there would be no storage out there," said Kenneth Duveneck, town of Two Creeks chairman, referring to the nearby Point Beach Nuclear Plant.

Duveneck, other officials from the towns of Two Creeks and Carlton and fellow residents met at Two Creeks Town Hall with representatives for U.S. Sens. Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold and U.S. Reps. Tom Petri and Steve Kagen. Manitowoc County Executive Bob Ziegelbauer and fellow state Reps. Frank Lasee and Garey Bies also were in attendance during the Wednesday event ...

Each town is seeking to be paid $250,000 per year and $40,000 per cask as long as the plants use onsite dry storage for nuclear waste. The funds would come from a federal nuclear waste fund paid into by utilities for Yucca Mountain. After five years, the towns would renegotiate terms ...

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[maryf]

1. after 5 years...

Who knows how much nuclear waste will have built up, and on site?? where a meltdown...When are they going to realize there is no good reason for nuclear energy until there is no waste, and even then...