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Moving Nuclear Waste By Rail, Yay or Nay???

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In and Around the Industry US Plans to Move Nuclear Waste to Nevada Site By Rail The U.S. Department of Energy plans to use rail to ship most radioactive waste bound for a planned national nuclear storage facility at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, the Department announced on April 5. The department has not said what routes it intends to use to transport the waste from 127 sites across the nation to a planned rail head near Caliente, 150 miles northeast of Las Vegas near the Utah line. Use of rail will require construction on a new 319-mile long from Caliente to Yucca Mountain. The line will cost $880 million and take four years to build, according to a DOE spokesman. Bob Loux, the state of Nevada=s nuclear projects chief, told the Associated Press that the state will challenge the rail plan. In July 2002, the Bush administration and Congress approved Yucca Mountain as the site to store 77,000 tons of radioactive waste now held in 39 states. The facility is supposed to open by 2010. [?][?][?][?] What's everyones opinion on this? I support the storage of waste at Yucca Mountain, and as a railroader I would even transport it. Many tests have been performed on the cars that carry radioactive waste and it's said they can withstand severe impacts through collisions or derailments. What's your opinion(s)???
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