obama=osama wrote on April 03, 2008 09:51 AM: I think we should make that hilary person the president, she dont like the mountain project....
Obama like it tho..
wat if osama bomb it or some another dude, then there will be a big boom

Joe mammah wrote on April 03, 2008 09:40 AM: this sucks.. Osamas gonna bomb it and well all die

david sandoval wrote on April 03, 2008 09:39 AM: i think this sucks

A Fellow Nevadan wrote on January 31, 2008 10:21 PM: Isn't it nice that Harry Reid and his fellow hypocrites are now concerned about the "retraining" and welfare of the hundreds of people losing their jobs at Yucca Mountain due to all their hard work to close the project? They apparently feel the country is safer housing tons of spent nuclear waste above-ground in over 100 separate locations than burying it in one under-ground repository as approved by Congress years ago. And what about the millions of dollars in penalties being paid by the government for the continued delays in accepting spent fuel at Yucca from all of these other locations?

Harry, it's time you looked in the mirror and tried to remember the person Nevadans elected to represent them in Congress and also that the nation as a whole has a stake in the Yucca repository. Why can't you put your personal goals aside and do what's right for a change? I'm embarassed to admit that I'm a Democrat due to your embarassing exploitation of your position as Majority Whip.

Here's a brand new theory of ethics for you and the Democratic Senate: How about putting America first, working to resolve bipartisan differences, and pass legislation for the welfare of the American people?

I'm not a politician; just a citizen of Nevada. Perhaps that's why I can look at the Yucca Mountain project and see what's obvious: America needs a safe repository for it's nuclear waste.

No, I don't want it in my backyard either; but that's where Congress has elected to put it, so let's make the best of it and get it done. And in the process, save the almost 500 jobs for Nevadans, the people you swore to represent.

tergrg wrote on January 31, 2008 07:49 PM: hfrdgt

Janie wrote on January 31, 2008 06:55 PM: Harry Reid is doing great harm to many Clark and Nye County Nevadans by using Yucca issue to spread fear about an issue he is clueless about. If he had a brain in his head, he would let the nuclear commission decide on the safety matters and plans to build the repository. The economic and personal damage he is causing to the state and its citizens is huge at a time when the delegation should be looking for development. His actions will add another 500 homes to the bloated housing inventory and take $100 million out of the local economy. Thanks Harry--we won't forget your efforts.

yucca_insider wrote on January 31, 2008 05:32 PM: And now the paradox: Senator Reid wants to find jobs for our "skilled" and "valuable" scientists and engineers.

But if they're skilled and valuable, how can they be so wrong on Yucca Mountain? And if hundreds of them are wrong on Yucca-- and want to irradiate everything west of Wendover-- why does Senator Reid still want them in Nevada?

Lord knows what chaos they could cause in the solar panel industry... :-)

Impeach Harry wrote on January 31, 2008 04:33 PM: Dear "newimprovedarea51",

The Nuclear Waste Fund, which is funded by a 1/10-of-a-cent per Kilowatt hour surcharge on electrical power bills of users in the service areas of nuclear power plants, has grown to over 27 Billion dollars. About 6 Billion dollars have been spect over the past 25 years worth of scientific study and engineering for the Yucca Mountain Repository, and, in part, for the development of a License Application. Except for exploratory tunnels for study of the site, no construction of the repository has taken place.

Harry, as Senate Majority Leader, is withholder appropriations from the Nuclear Waste Fund for development of the Repository and is sitting on any Bills that come to Capitol Hills that would help the project.

The truth is that the Yucca Mountain Project is a matter of Law and the ONLY entity empowered to judge the suitability of the site for construction and eventual receipt of nuclear waste is the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The site will be safe people; otherwise, the NRC will not issue the facility a License to begin construction.

Impeach Harry wrote on January 31, 2008 04:20 PM: Dear "ahhh...." Here's the history:

Yes, Carter wrote a Presidential Order to prevent reprocessing (which also screwed over all the nuclear power plants designed to store a limited amount of fuel as they relied on reprocessing to remove it). Oh yeah, the Order also killed 3 reprocessing plants in the US.

President Reagan over-turned the Order; then Clinton reinstated it. George W. Bush overturned it again. It is now permissible; but remains a political football.

We should have a reprocessing plant as part of the Yucca Mountain Repository. Nevada could charge for the receipt of spent fuel, reprocess it, sell the uranium back to the nuclear industry and put the greatly reduced waste in the mountain!!!!

BTW -- The foreign countries reprocessing spent fuel are using OUR technologies developed in the 1970's...

newimprovedarea51 wrote on January 31, 2008 03:53 PM: See the tactics- oh gee we spent jillions of $$ on Yucca mt. project and now we'll have to lay off people if we "dump" the project. They never had any intention of dumping the projec, a few layoffs will never acct. for what that thing cost to build. Just tell em the truth about this whole thing and stop with the politics already

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