Chu: Yucca no longer option for nuclear waste

Associated Press by H. Josef Hebert | Mar. 6, 2009 (News Report)

The federal government is obligated by law to accept the used reactor fuel from 104 commercial power reactors, but as yet it has no place to put it.,,
To date about $13.5 billion has been spent on the (Yucca Mountain) project and last year the Bush administration submitted an application for a construction and operating license to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
"What's wrong with Yucca Mountain, Mr. Chu," McCain asked at an Energy and Natural ... Full Story »

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 by Jack Dinkmeyer - Mar. 6, 2009

An excellent article. Who gives a damn about what McCain says? The final truth is that no one knows what the Hell to do with all this waste. No one wants in their backyard.

Eureka! I have a place to put it. Could all Republican congresspeople and senators please bend over?

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This is a good, first-hand account of what recently transpired at a Congressional Committee meeting, the results of which affect all of us. It shows some context, but as usual this issue is emotional and "special interests" are involved.

Uranium mining is also not a long-term solution. So not only the end-process of nuclear storage is a problem, but the "cradle" phase as well, ... More »

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