Last week I again wrote a column suggesting that Nevadans should hear and listen to BOTH sides of the Yucca Mountain debate. I didn’t advocate for Yucca Mountain; I advocated for open and honest discussion. But that is NOT what Yucca opponents want.
What does New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici know that Nevada Sen. Harry Reid doesn’t? Apparently that the potential for recycling the nation’s nuclear waste is potentially very, very profitable.
“Residents living near two nuclear power plants (in Wisconsin) told their elected representatives on Wednesday they don’t want to be a ‘dumping ground’ for radioactive waste,” reports the Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. “But if the plants must store their waste on site, then towns should be compensated, residents said.”
The following paper was prepared by Tyrus W. Cobb, former Special Assistant to President Reagan, and Dr. John Scire, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Nevada, Reno…
OK, before Bob Loux - Nevada’s high-priced, taxpayer-funded anti-Yucca Mountain lobbyist - has a cow and again tries to misrepresent my position, for the record the purpose of this column is to open up the discussion, not advocate in favor of Yucca Mountain. Discussion is good, because as we all know there are two sides to every story.
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