tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post2428252633358987278..comments2024-03-07T02:00:01.582-05:00Comments on NEI Nuclear Notes: Strong Bipartisan Support Shown For Yucca Mountain RepositoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-60484683037203659662007-06-23T18:38:00.000-04:002007-06-23T18:38:00.000-04:00They proabablay can't spell "Oklo".They proabablay can't spell "Oklo".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-90363368425893314482007-06-22T12:11:00.000-04:002007-06-22T12:11:00.000-04:00It's been a shameful week for Nevada's Congression...It's been a shameful week for Nevada's Congressional delegation. Three have uttered flat-out falsehoods (I won't say lies...) on the floor of Congress.<BR/><BR/>As recorded by Congressional Quarterly: <BR/>Shelley Berkley alleged Yucca Mountain would pollute the groundwater of the entire southwest. False, and physically impossible.<BR/><BR/>Jon Porter said his committee last year found "thousands of emails" showing falsified science at Yucca Mountain. False. DOE self-identified 14 e-mails that implied frustration with quality assurance documentation. Two independent investigations found no science was "falsified."<BR/><BR/>And in his own news release, Harry Reid said DOE was "stealing water" from Nevada to conduct borehole drilling at the site of planned surface facilities at Yucca Mountain. False. The program had permission from the Nevada state engineer.<BR/><BR/>What else are they getting wrong?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10911751.post-89597500186708797802007-06-21T22:50:00.000-04:002007-06-21T22:50:00.000-04:00The EPA safety standard for Yucca Mountain require...The EPA safety standard for Yucca Mountain requires that the DOE prove that the repository will protect ground water for the next one million years. Thus it is fascinating to learn that the DOE just had to purchase a system to clean up naturally occuring arsenic in the ground water at Yucca Mountain, because it already does not meet EPA safety standards:<BR/><BR/>http://www.wateronline.com/content/news/article.asp?DocID=%7B9A2B28FD-29AB-471F-BAAB-DFE6B54A3A7D%7D&Bucket=Supplier+News&VNETCOOKIE=NO<BR/><BR/>It's good that we are making sure that the Yucca Mountain repository will be safe for hundreds of thousands of years. But anti-Yucca Mountain activists need to get a reality check, because they are diverting attention from the really important things that we should be working on, such as cutting back the air pollution from coal and getting control of carbon dioxide emissions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com