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YUCCA MOUNTAIN NUCLEAR WASTE SITE IS A TROJAN HORSE.(News)(Column)
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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July 12, 2002
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Byline: Jean Chambers and Syd Southworth
On July 1, The Post-Standard published an editorial supporting the proposed nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain in Nevada. On July 9, the U.S. Senate joined the House in approving the plan.
Yucca Mountain is not a suitable place to bury nuclear waste, and it will not protect Central New Yorkers from an accident or terrorist attack at one of our four nuclear reactors. New York Sens. Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton o...