Reply #35: Where do you propose putting all that nuclear waste? [View All]

[wuushew]

Something like 60% of all the land in Nevada is owned by the federal government. Much of the intermountain west is only habitable/farmable thanks to the energy provided by cheap fossil fuels. Western states also take lion shares of federal aid.

Western states have no right to bitch about what is a federal problem. Should all states run their own waste disposal programs?

The Canadians are building a deep repository under the geologically inert Canadian Shield.


How many more years can spent fuel pile up on site? If a suitable replacement is ever found there is no reason to assume waste cannot be removed from the wholely unsuitable Yucca site.