WAND
Statement on Yucca Mountain
(7/9/02)
Senate
Voting Record, July, 2002
House
Voting Record, May, 2002 (large file)
Yucca
Mountain Petition
HELP
STOP YUCCA MOUNTAIN!
(Information courtesy of Citizen
Alert.)
The federal government and the Department of Energy
(DOE) plans to build the nation's first high-level
nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain. Yucca
Mountain is located 80 miles northwest of Las
Vegas, a major metropolitan area that is home
to about one and a half million people and one
of the world's most popular tourist destinations.
The plan involves moving over 77,000 metric tons
of hazardous nuclear waste across the country,
using rails and roads that pass through other
major metropolitan areas and small towns across
this country. Citizen Alert believes that all
Americans should be concerned about this plan,
not just Nevadans.
Despite
the July Senate vote allowing DOE to proceed with
a license application, this proposed dump is not
a "done deal."
For
the latest on Yucca Mountain and updates on what
action you can take, see Citizen Alert's website:
www.citizenalert.org/yucca/.
More information below:
WHAT'S
WRONG WITH YUCCA MOUNTAIN?
- It's
a bad site.
After 24 years of study, the Department of Energy
(DOE) acknowledges the site will leak. It is
riddled with earthquake faults and sits above
a locally-used aquifer.
- It
does not consolidate nuclear waste into one
location.
Even if Yucca Mountain opens, existing sites
will still contain waste because it has to cool
several years before it can be shipped. And
U.S. reactors will now produce more than 88,000
tons of waste and Yucca Mountain can handle
only 77,000 tons of it.
- It
poses unnecessary transportation risks.
There is no immediate need to move nuclear waste.
Transporting it (estimated at tens of thousands
of shipments through 44 states over 24 years)
puts millions at risk and creates an inviting
terrorist target on public roads and railways.
TAKE
ACTION! [archived]
This Action Packet gives you the tools you need
to take action:
Please use these materials to educate yourself,
your friends, the local media, and your elected
officials and to take action to stop Yucca Mountain!
Thank
you for your help!
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MOUNTAIN RESOURCES
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