Secret Wyoming nuke dump vote merits public outrage
Opinion
by 16 Comments Studying storing nuclear waste is a bad idea. Deciding to do so out of the public view was something worse: a violation of the public trust
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When Wyoming is short of money, why does it turn to nuclear waste?
The Legislature has updated its requirements for siting a radioactive waste storage facility in case someone wants to build one in Wyoming.
Sullivan: I was right to veto nuclear waste
Nearly 20 years later, Sullivan said he can look back on his decision to veto the temporary storage site in Wyoming and say that he got it right. The federal government’s attempt to build a repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada is officially dead, and has been for several years. Still, the United State’s has no long-term plan for the storage of nuclear waste.