[Buckeye McFrog]

I know our government is really, really stupid, but they would not just toss a pile of nuclear waste into a tent.

[RummyChick]

it’s in steel drums stacked three high.

[I cannot think of a name]

“I know our government is really, really stupid, but they would not just toss a pile of nuclear waste into a tent.”

Yea, the only thing dumber would be to ground most of the nation's air tankers used for fighting these types of fires. But then it is the governments job to keep us safe!

(Massive forest fire of sarcasm - OFF)

[discostu]

Except they did. Part of the problem is the disposal facility that’s been in the planning stages since the Carter administration (Yucca Mountain) is STILL in the planning stages while they figure out “important” things like signage that will still warn people away 5000 years from now. So lacking a permanent disposal option everything has been in “temporary” storage for 30 years, and will probably still be in “temporary” storage for 5000 years, all without that signage.

[PastorBooks]

Yes, unfortunately they are. Another report said that some are in outdoor tents, some buried and some left outside in the open air.

Oh, but they’ll shut down all private farming, manufacturing and oil wells if they find a tiny lizard that might be “harmed” by human activity.

Mega double-standard, anyone?