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Please join
me and other Nevada leaders by signing our petition opposing the
license application submitted by the Department of Energy (DOE)
for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.
We will not
let the people of Nevada be put at risk by the storage or
transportation of the nation's nuclear waste – not now and not
ever. I urge you to join me in signing this petition today.
Yesterday
afternoon, I brought the Nevada congressional delegation
together to call on all Nevadans to sign the petition against
Yucca Mountain. The petition calls on the NRC to reject the
Department of Energy's application, which contains designs for
the dump that are only 35 percent complete and lacks a public
safety plan in the event of an emergency.
Just as the
Nevada delegation is united in our fight against Yucca, it is
important for all Nevadans to voice their opposition to the
dump. Nevada is not a wasteland, and I will continue working to
cut even more funding from the Energy Department’s budget for
Yucca Mountain this year. |
