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Reader Poll Replies:
I think the nuclear waste should be a problem each state should work on
rather than pushing it to Nevada. Storing all that nuclear waste in
one spot seems more dangerous than many small stock piles. Gloria
Davenport, NY
Keep it all in Nevada - most states do not have
the open space Nevada is home to. I live in New Jersey and we don't even
have room for daily garbage let alone nuclear waste! pat
berzanski
I think it should be stored in one place, not in
each state. However, I think it should not be that close to Las Vegas.
It should be very, very far away on land that is the least habitable by
humans. April Morrison Whitmore Lake, Michigan
Maybe there is a way to dispose of it through
other means, even though it might be more expensive than storing.
Extreme heat incineration may be more feasible than having one huge
stockpile of this deadly substance. Howard T. AL
yes there should hole it all then we now where it
all is then we can conlen it all then. john cataloni
laguna niguel
I don't know what are d.p. Energy thinking. we
seem to be screwing up lately no way Nevada people should let do
anything. weed help. jim miller worcester ma
I think its fine, why not here where we have the space? I think they
will make it safe and we have nothing to worry about. Tiffany
Phillips Las Vegas, NV
This nuclear waste thing is crazy. Can't understand why they can't
rocket it up and out of our solar system or crash it into the sun. Not
cost effective I guess in the long run. But it could be done. However I
live in Connecticut and sorry to say the father away the better in case
of an accident. I'm being selfish I know but better there than here.
Sorry Ralph Hamden, CT
Why Nevada? Isn't there another state that has land available? Why
would you put a nuclear waste site that close to one of the most popular
destinations in the United States. Las Vegas has grown in leaps and
bounds over the past years and continues to grow and expand. I don't
think it would be safe to put all of the states waste in one place. Have
they been able to prove that this safe? Would they let their families
live next to this? I think that this is a bad move. Sharon H.
Conneaut/Ohio
Well, I live in a military based city; Tampa and as easy at it would
be to say: "put the nuclear waste in another state". I feel it's also a
better idea for each state to maintain it's share of that burden. I
don't know all the details, but whoever is in charge of the safety of
the surrounding citizens better be sure residents, including children
are safe from the nuclear waste being deposited there at Yucca Mountain.
I do know nuclear medicine is a modern miracle in local hospitals.
Larry Strehl Tampa
I don't feel one state should be responsible for all. It should be
split among all of them. Sue Loftus Round Lake Beach
The Yucca Mountain site was chosen in a protracted process of
elimination, the middle of a nuclear wasteland being preferable to
anyone elses mountains or valleys. However, with Harry Reid's promise to
kill it, the $8Bil spent to study the site may now be a waste. A 2001
IEER study says keep the waste where it sits, a bunch of small poorly
designed and secured storages being safer than risking problems in
transport to one big one. Frankly, I prefer your backyard to mine.
Don Trojan Nuclear Plant, OR
I believe that nuclear waste should be consolidated somewhere vice
scattered about the country, creating more accident protential and and
much larger expense for oversight. I would look to the cold barely
ihabited areas in Alaska. Guy Winslow/Maine
Yes I do believe Yucca should be the place for all the waste. We've
already spent 100's of millions at that location and it would cost that
much again for each state to develop a location of their own. Most other
states do not have any spot as safe or stable as Yucca. D. Boyd
MI
Nevada should be the nation's high-level waste repository. For
instance, Hanford in Washington State, created plutonium for America's
weapons program doing its part to help end WWII and gain a strong
national defense program. All other states must contribute in that
effort. Nevada is the best location for HLW disposal. It also uses lots
of electricity, some of which is nuclear power. That spent fuel should
be disposed of in Yucca Mtn. A remote location is needed. Nevada
provides that resource. Geoff Harvey Kennewick, WA
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