Posted on 05/27/2008 2:10:58 PM PDT by pissant
WASHINGTON — Yucca Mountain dropped back into the presidential race today when Sen. John McCain suggested the planned nuclear waste dump outside of Las Vegas may not be needed after all.
Among the remaining presidential contenders, McCain has been the lone supporter of Yucca Mountain, making him the odd candidate out among Nevadans who overwhelmingly oppose the repository. Sen. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama have both assured Nevada they would oppose the dump.
But in a talk on nuclear security at the University of Denver, McCain offered another approach as part of global efforts to watchdog civilian nuclear power:
“I would seek to establish an international repository for spent nuclear fuel that could collect and safely store materials overseas that might otherwise be reprocessed to acquire bomb-grade materials. It is even possible that such an international center could make it unnecessary to open the proposed spent nuclear fuel storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada.”
Up in Reno, the Gazette-Journal’s Anjeanette Damon was among the first to nab McCain’s prepared comments this morning with this entry. She notes: “In his last visit to Nevada, a Vegas fundraiser in March, McCain began using the George W. Bush line about relying on science to determine if the site is safe. The international repository line is new for McCain.”
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totally agree.
McLame is now certifiable.
At least if Yucca is used, WE know where the spent fuel is.
An “international repository” will be a Wal Mart for terrorist groups.
A dumb idea that can get real Americans real dead.
This man is not fit to be President.
McCainiacs will soon be the new polar bears—pushed onto a smaller and smaller piece of ice as they try to defend this loser’s positions—finally cast adrift on a sea of regret.
Which would be wasting a recyclable resource that we will one day need.
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