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News Wire: Trump’s plan to store nuclear waste in Nevada could revive proposed Yucca Mountain route

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Posted by tree68 on Sunday, April 16, 2017 8:57 PM

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Considering that most states have gerrymandered their election districts to keep the 'ruling party' in control of the most seats based on historical voting patterns within those states - Term limits won't do anything except put a new name on the same old corruption. There needs to be serious attention in forming election districts!

Wholeheartedly agree!  "There oughta be a law..."  Districts must be as contiguous as possible...

The student projects re-arranging the states so that they all have the same population are interesting, too.

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Posted by n012944 on Sunday, April 16, 2017 9:02 PM

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petitnj
Once this facility is open every town along the way will demand to know when a nuke train passes thru their town. The NRC and railroads will resist, but somehow this will become law. Then the protesters will stand on the track and stop the train. Then the government will step in and keep the train movements quiet. Then the protesters will claim the government is uncaring. The circle of life continues.

 

Have you looked at the route map?    What towns, what people?    Thats why they choose Nevada in the first place.

 

And how do you think the spent fuel will get to Nevada in the first place?

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