Nevada's famous Yucca Mountain is back in the news. Located north of Las Vegas, the mountain was once slated to be a national repository for nuclear waste, but Nevada's Harry Reid successfully engineered Obama's trashing of the plan and it was put on hold.
Nevada claims that due to the long, long life of radioactive waste, depositing it into the ground in Nevada could lead to underground poisoning of groundwater in centuries to come. The simple and plain truth is that Nevada's Mercury Test Site, also located north of Las Vegas, was home to extensive above and below-ground nuclear testing for years; in order words, the area is already full of unconstrained underground contamination.
In that respect, the most logical place to store future piles of radioactive materials, mostly consisting of spent nuclear fuel rods above ground at the nation's nuclear energy sites, would be someplace where nuclear tests have been conducted... where such radioactivity already exists.
Reid and other Nevada leaders have successfully been able to stave off opening of the Yucca Mountain site... all for political purposes. Yet, we simply must find a solution about what to do with a burgeoning mass of highly radioactive materials, and leaving them above ground where they are subject to being stolen and used by foreign enemies just doesn't make any sense to me.
As it stands, there isn't a living human being within 100 miles of Yucca Mountain, although nearby Area 51 is reportedly teeming with alien beings. Since it is in the middle of an uninhabited desert and already virtually completed, I suggest we finish the project at the earliest possible opportunity.
And, perhaps, they'll have there next Democrat National Convention there.
That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.
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