Utah Republicans fight nuclear dump on reservation site

[NVMojo]

seems like an oxymoron ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Frustrated at failing to win over federal regulators, Utah officials took their case against a high-level nuclear repository proposed for a Utah Indian reservation to the White House on Wednesday.

Utah Republican Sens. Orrin Hatch and Bob Bennett and Rep. Rob Bishop met with White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card and Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, a former Utah resident and Bush strategist.

Hatch and Bennett said the meeting was good, but they wouldn't say whether Bush administration officials had made any specific commitments to stop the commissioning of a nuclear waste dump on the Goshutes' Skull Valley land.

"They know that Yucca Mountain is the ultimate goal here; it's what has to be done under the circumstances and we're going to do everything to help them get there," Hatch said. "But we expect them to help us to not have to put up with this type of treatment."

more...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-10-Thu-2005/news/26036981.html

[hadrons]

1. you should have thought of that before voting Republican, Orrin

dumbass

[Ian David]

2. See related thread

ACLU Sues Over Mormon Lease on Land (at national historic site)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1299667

Hey, that makes TWO toxic dumps?

[triguy46]

3. Its just NIMBY