Nevada: America's Nuclear Toilet (Yucca Mountain)

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Here it comes again. There have been a lot of efforts to stop Yucca Mountain--a nuclear waste repository a little over an hour's drive out of Las Vegas. One of the big reasons there has been so much opposition is that 1) It's too close to a large metropolitan city, and 2) Nevada produces no nuclear waste itself.

But the government owns most of the land in Nevada, so they think the site is just peachy. Great. Thanks, President Bush! Oh, well, maybe I can get a tan without even going outside. . .

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Bush administration files nuclear dump application

Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Tuesday he's confident the government's license application to build a nuclear waste dump in Nevada will "stand up to any challenge anywhere." [snip]

Responding to the filing, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons reiterated his promise to fight the waste dump which he said "threatens the life and safety of the people of Nevada. . ."

I hold out little hope, as the governor is a boob.

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