We'll Take Your Nuclear Waste

A tiny tribe of Goshute Indians in Utah have offered up a plan to get rich quick by storing the nation's nuclear waste.

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May 30, 2002, 10:00 AM PDT

"The tribe, with 70 mostly poor adults, hopes to make tens of millions of dollars by storing 40,000 tons of highly radioactive waste from eight utility companies. The waste would be kept on their reservation here, 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, until a permanent depository is built, most likely at Yucca Mountain in Nevada...The Indians' deal with the utilities needs only the blessing of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which infuriates Utah's leaders."

Thanks to Laura Kranz

FULL STORY: Tribe Offers Up Its Land to Store Nuclear Waste

Wednesday, May 29, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

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