Word: yucca
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...subject of nuclear waste comes up in American politics, Nevada is quick to proclaim, “not in my backyard.” Recently, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn used a federal law to veto President Bush’s order to build a permanent waste storage facility in Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Last week, the House Energy Committee agreed to override that veto. When the full House votes next week, it too should override the veto...
Many Nevadans reject responsibility for the nation’s nuclear waste because they utilize a high percentage of renewable energy sources, mainly hydroelectric power from the Hoover Dam. However, the entire nation benefits from the use of nuclear power. Yucca Mountain is a logical choice for waste storage as it is in one of the nation’s most sparsely populated and geologically stable regions. Nevadans’ primary concern is safety. But the waste is sealed in steel and concrete armor designed to withstand serious trauma for more than 1,000 years—when conceivably...
...raised at least $250,000 for the gala at the same time he was getting the task force's blessing for incentives to build 38,000 miles of new pipeline. Nuclear-industry officials gave $150,000 while landing support for a waste-burial site--Bush later chose Nevada's Yucca Mountain. Former Representative Bill Paxon and another lawyer whose firm works for Exxon Mobil raised at least $100,000 apiece as the oil giant was persuading the panel to back a review of trade sanctions...
President Bush's decision last month to make Nevada's Yucca Mountain the burial site for 77,000 tons of nuclear reactor waste may have seemed a good idea to the residents of 49 of the United States. But the state of Nevada is about to launch a $5 million media campaign designed to block the nuclear garbage dump. The state's powerful U.S. Senator, Democrat Harry Reid, has recruited two former White House chiefs of staff--John Podesta, who served under Bill Clinton, and Kenneth Duberstein, of the Reagan White House, to lobby Congress. Show-biz stars like Christie...
...years. The Nuclear Energy Institute, representing reactor operators and manufacturers, has been flying in about 90 legislators and their aides each year for the past 10 years for tours of the site, followed by nights out at the casinos in nearby Las Vegas. Congress may begin debate on Yucca's fate by late summer, but one thing is clear now: opponents don't yet have the votes to block...