Unfortunately, the Repository will most definitely cost him this state. Its a virtual done deal. I have yet to meet anyone who will vote for him again...in fact, I've heard many say they will never vote Republican again. If its close next time, he'll lose the 3 electoral votes. Most I meet are raging. Virtually each I discussed this with said that they would NOT VOTE for BUSH no matter who runs against him. A few are so angry they told me that they'll NEVER VOTE REPUBLICAN AGAIN. The kicker seems to be that he approved the repository despite fuzzy science and incomplete tests. He promised Nevada that he would study the issue carefully and then make his determination based on sound science. He lied. Anyone who is for this is insane. 911 should have changed their minds. This is such a horrid terror risk! The articles have been about "dirty bombs." Just what do the supporters think these truckloads will be? They'll be super dirty bombs! Each truckload is 240x the radiation of Hiroshima! These megabombs will be rolling down roads and thru the country side of 43 states! Where's the outrage??? One attack, one accident and that area will be virtually uninhabitable for 50,000 yrs! One route passes 3 blocks from the Capitol! Can you imagine what will happen if one of the "bombs" disperses there?
Yeah Art Bell agrees with you. Hmmmm
Pre 9/ll more than 2,000 shipments of nuclear waste were made without incident to the Hanford site in New Mexico. They all go with guards and unpublicized, but terrorism is a real concern. I agree, but I also feel leaving it lying all over the country is a terrorism risk, too.
The United States government has a contract with all our nuclear plants, etc. to provide storage of their waste. We have been paid by rate increases passed on already to the recipients of the electricity that was generated. Now we will be liable to fulfill this contract as the local sites are almost full and they need either to dig more swimming pools to hold the waste all over the country, or they need to ship it to one repository.
By law, if Nevada site isn't selected by the end of July, the government has to start the process of selection all over, and multibillions and ten years have already been spent doing the initial exams, science, selection, and site preparation. We would have to go through that process and expense all over again, only to end up with Alabama or Washington or another state mad as hell, like Nevada is now.