[overlord]

''Once such a facility opens up,'' said Joni Arends, executive director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety in Santa Fe, ''other states will try to bring their waste there as well. One of the big concerns is the camel's nose under the tent and the next generation of nuclear power plants.''

Not just that, but how do you think they are going to ship that stuff there. It'll be on tractor trailers going through major urban areas of the state whether Las Cruces in the south or Albuquerque and Santa Fe. Sounds like somebody in Hobbs is looking for a kickback for himself. Suggest folks in Hobbs might wise up, before their pre-born babies are exposed to radiation and their kids eat the crops and contaminated milk products.

See for yourself what Nevadans think about getting a nuclear waste dump.

http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/yucca/state01.htm

[AFPhys]

I think this is good.

SS29 and hubby think it is a good thing.

People who care about terrorism think it is a good thing.

People concerned about the myriad smaller waste sites around the country due to health concerns think it is a good thing.

Why is it only the Chicken Littles who prowl with Sierra Club, GreenPeace, and the liberals in general who wish to relegate the US to the dark ages of less and less power and technology? Have you given up your TV and computer and electric lights and aluminum cans yet? Grow up.

[razorback-bert]

The only crop is cotton and it is twenty miles away, no milk cows either, there is dirt farm nearby.

[chimera]

See for yourself what Nevadans think about getting a nuclear waste dump.

Apples and oranges. The Yucca Mountain facility is for high-level waste. This is a low-level waste facility. Big difference. Know what it is? Study up and find out.

I did a demo for some legislators in my state who were looking at the possibility of siting a facility here. I held a G-M micro-rem meter next to a box of low-level radwaste, then held it next to a bunch of bananas. Guess which one read higher for exposure rate? Here's a hint. Its spelled b-a-n-a-n-a-s. Why? Well, bless my soul, bananas are a good source of potassium, an essential nutritional element. Some of that potassium is 40K, which is naturally radioactive. Ahhhhhhh! We're all gonna die! Ban those bananas! NOW! Do it FOR THE CHILDREN!

[CedarDave]

I'm not going to be drawn into that argument. Environmental concerns will be addressed during the permitting process. Bert and I both work in the oil patch and know what the impacts are from that activity, especially historical practices from the 1930's through the 1980's. If I had my druthers, I'd take nuclear power any day, even with the issues of waste disposal. Unfortunately, IMO, the greenies have made it the biggest bogeyman there is. I have never felt that way; the risks from getting run over from an oil field truck, or getting skin cancer (from the sun) are much more real to me. So far I've avoided the former but not the latter.

In any event, waste is already shipped to the nearby WIPP site, and I would rather have it here than next to the Columbia River or a Wisconsin dairy farm.