Nevada has filed a lawsuit to prevent the Federal government from opening Yucca Mountain to nuclear waste.
"The lawsuit alleges that the Energy Department violated the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act when it announced in December that Yucca Mountain would require man-made barriers as well as the mountains natural geology to contain the waste. That law specified that the geology of the chosen site had to be sufficient to safeguard the waste without additional construction... In a letter to Bush Thursday, Abraham said a review of 20 years of scientific studies has convinced him that the waste can be kept in volcanic rock 1,000 feet beneath the Nevada desert without risk to public health or the environment."
Thanks to Chris Steins
FULL STORY: Nevada fights Bush nuke waste plan
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