Nuclear dump's foes intensify lobbying

[struggle4progress]

WASHINGTON - Opponents of a nuclear waste dump on the Skull Valley Goshute Indian reservation looked Monday to harness star power to stop nuclear power.

Rock stars Ani DeFranco and the Indigo Girls joined actor James Cromwell to lobby senators to fight the plan by Private Fuel Storage to store 44,000 tons of nuclear waste on the Skull Valley reservation, about 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.

"There is no such thing as a barrel that can remain airtight and shipshape and good-to-go for a hundred thousand years. . . . There's no such thing as a schedule of transportation in which we can ship this waste all over the country without a mishap," said DeFranco, known for her strong-willed folk-punk music.

"We are at a crucial moment right now. This week, rather than writing a check to the Leukemia Foundation, we can stop the Skull Valley dump," she said. <snip>

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