Appeals court considers site for nuclear disposal - Yahoo! News

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WASHINGTON – Federal appeals court judges heard arguments Tuesday in a case over whether the Obama administration had the authority to stop plans to bury the nation's nuclear waste in Nevada.

South Carolina and Washington state are among those suing the president and other federal officials to try to restart plans to ship their radioactive spent nuclear fuel to a repository 90 miles from Las Vegas at Yucca Mountain.

Congress had chosen Yucca Mountain as the leading candidate for waste disposal, but opponents are concerned about contamination and the Obama administration said it would not consider the site and would look for alternatives.

The case comes as the nation is questioning the future of nuclear plants in the wake of a nuclear crisis in Japan. A plant has been leaking radiation since a powerful earthquake and resulting tsunami hit the country on March 11.

The United States has no long-term plans to dispose of its nuclear waste. Arguments before a three-judge panel of the appeals court in Washington focused on whether the federal government has made a final decision yet that the states can [...]

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It would be best if we could shoot it into the sun, which could almost certainly consume any amounts we'd be able to produce with nary a burp. The problem is getting it out of the atmosphere and on it's way without ever having a single accident. It's tragic when seven people die in a shuttle breakup. It would be devastating to the human population and that of most living things for radiation to be spread across the globe from a failed waste launch. Although I was amused recently when a young man said of any radiation that may happen to affect us, "It's not gonna hurt me. I grew up with radiation; it just makes me stronger." :D Conscious evolution in action, yo! :)

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  1. CrisisMavenTuesday, March 22, 2011 at 3:41:00 PM MDT

    Your readers might be interested in the pertinent question of how to treat their radioactively contaminated drinking water:
    http://crisismaven.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/dangers-properties-possible-uses-and-methods-of-purification-of-radioactively-contaminated-drinking-water-e-g-in-japan/

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  2. Peace JawayTuesday, March 22, 2011 at 5:48:00 PM MDT

    Thank you. Is it possible that any of these explosions may have breached an aquifer and dumped (or be dumping) radioactivity en masse directly into a significant source of freshwater for the area? Or could it not happen that way?

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