Reid Says Obama to Halt Plan to Ship Nuclear Waste to Nevada

[Wretched Excess]

Feb. 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will reverse a U.S. plan to ship nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain in Nevada, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the senior senator from the state, said in a newsletter to his constituents.

“In his budget request for 2010, President Obama will announce plans to devise a new strategy to find another solution to deal with the nation’s nuclear waste that does not include storing it in Nevada,” Reid said in his note yesterday.

In 2002, President George W. Bush signed a resolution designating Yucca Mountain, 100 miles (160 kilometers) northwest of Las Vegas, as the U.S. repository for nuclear waste from the nation’s reactors.

A decision by Obama to end work on preparing the Yucca Mountain site would raise doubts about the long-term plan for nuclear waste as some electric utilities are trying to build new reactors. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Energy Department estimated last year the repository would cost $96.2 billion over the life of the project. In 2001, the department’s estimate was $57.5 billion.
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Reid didn’t say what Obama’s nuclear waste plan would be. The president is scheduled to unveil his 2010 budget proposal today.

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[NHSparky]

Once again, teh kloolessness is strong with the liberals.

Pray tell, Dingy--where should we store the waste?  Or would you rather we go back to the days of the horse and buggy--horse crap feet deep in the streets?  Hooray for hot and cold running dysentery!

Not one friggin idea between them.  We are so screwed.

[Wretched Excess]

Once again, teh kloolessness is strong with the liberals.

Pray tell, Dingy--where should we store the waste?  Or would you rather we go back to the days of the horse and buggy--horse crap feet deep in the streets?  Hooray for hot and cold running dysentery!

Not one friggin idea between them.  We are so screwed.

it's $10B bucks and 7 years down the drain.  they are going back to square one, which means it will be 20 years before there is even a plan for a comprehensive solution to the nuclear waste storage issue.

[thundley4]

it's $10B bucks and 7 years down the drain.  they are going back to square one, which means it will be 20 years before there is even a plan for a comprehensive solution to the nuclear waste storage issue.

We won't need to worry  about storing nuclear waste when we are all using clean and renewable energy sources  like the sun , wind and magical rainbow power. 

[RobJohnson]

Alot of jobs are going to be lost over this.

This is more important then a train to Disney Land.

[JohnnyReb]

We won't need to worry  about storing nuclear waste when we are all using clean and renewable energy sources  like the sun , wind and magical rainbow power. 

Everyone gets to plug their dropcord into Obama's magical electricity producing ass. Barney Frank and friends are very happy with that solution.

[Airwolf]

We won't need to worry  about storing nuclear waste when we are all using clean and renewable energy sources  like the sun , wind and magical rainbow power. 

Hi5. I can't wait till they solve the problem of getting lucky charms to power everyones homes

[RightCoast]

How many billions of dollars can our incompetent government just flush away.

[Jim]

How many billions of dollars can our incompetent government just flush away.

oh jeez, dont put in the form of a challenge !

they've already shattered the previous record in 5 weeks !

[Bluesuiter-Retired]

oh jeez, dont put in the form of a challenge !

they've already shattered the previous record in 5 weeks !

As one economist stated, it took the federal government nearly 200 years [from the Revolutionary War to the Carter presidency] to spend the $787 Billion that the demonfarts just saddled us with.  It took 200 years for past administrations to spend that much and obama is spending that much in less than a year -- I'm impressed!!!!! N*O*T