Las Vegas (August 6, 1999) — “To say I am unhappy
with this report is something of an understatement. It did not even
begin to answer my questions about why Nevada, which doesn’t
have a single nuclear reactor, is being singled out to receive the
nuclear payload for the entire nation. It treats Yucca Mountain
as a done deal, with no alternative sites or contingency plans.
It doesn’t address the problem of transport.
Just how do we expect to safely transport 70,000 tons of high-level
nuclear waste over the nation’s interstates and railways?
How will we get it there? Do people across the nation really understand
the implications of having high-level nuclear waste whizzing past
their back fence and traveling alongside them on the interstate?
The Environmental Impact Statement is a 1,400 page conclusion
in search of a reason, and I will never accept forcing Nevada
to become the nation’s nuclear junkyard.”
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