Yucca to cost Clark County $2.5 billion

[jpak]

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/special/2005/aug/16/519213655.html

A proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain is likely to cost Clark County roughly $2.5 billion in added fire, police and emergency expenses, according to a report that was expected to come before the commission this morning.

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"It means Nevada taxpayers would end up paying the brunt of it," Commissioner Myrna Williams, an outspoken Yucca opponent who has sat on the state's Nuclear Waste Projects Commission for the past 12 years, said this morning. "It's ridiculous."

Commission Chairman Rory Reid said the costs from shipping waste from power plants scattered throughout the country would create an unfair burden on the county that could mean cutbacks in other services funded out of its roughly $1 billion general fund budget each year.

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The total costs to all jurisdictions in Clark County skyrockets to more than $3.7 billion, with the city of Las Vegas' $562 million share over 24 years coming in second to the county, according to the report.

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[NVMojo]

1. yup. Nevada barely handed Bush the election last year ...

...and with former Governor Bob List pumping support for YM with DOE funds, well ...they be doing this like the good ole boys did Iraq, it will happen. And all Bush's pals in Nevada state government, from Kenny Guinn on down, Sandoval who was his campaign co-chair, Heller who helped us get those shiny new voting machines, and on and on, can pat themselves on the back cuz they trusted ole George who decided a few years back that this was a good deal for Nevada. Republicans can really trust each other.