| 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.” |