From the same meeting..
COLUMBIA, S.C. Gov.-elect Nikki Haley says she told President Barack Obama that South Carolina wants its money back if the Yucca Mountain nuclear storage site isn’t opening.
Haley said she told Obama that the federal government has reneged on its promise, and South Carolina wants a refund.
The Nevada site was proposed to house more than 4,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste from South Carolina’s Savannah River Site. The state and Washington have sued over Obama’s attempt to kill plans for the storage site after decades of study.
South Carolina’s power plants and its customers have contributed more than $1 billion to a permanent repository over nearly 30 years.
She says Obama pledged that he would have Energy secretary Steven Chu call her promptly.
I supported Haley from day one. Proud of my fellow South Carolinians!
INDEED! SC is currently storing nuclear waste in surface storage from all over the country and the world put there by US Govt. treaties and agreements. All with the promise that it would be moved underground as soon as Yucca Mountain was finished. Every rate payer in this country has contributed to Yucca Mountain -- billions of $$$. It is unconsionable that this project should be halted by Harry Reid.