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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (285764)	8/10/2002 10:04:10 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 769667

>>What planet are you living on? The entire Republican establishment in Nevada is officially opposed to it.<< It's hard to imagine why: Study Warns of Volcanoes at Yucca Wed Jul 31, 7:55 PM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - A volcanic eruption at Yucca Mountain could do more damage than previously thought, possibly forcing radioactive waste from its burial site to the surface, according to a new study. If long-dormant volcanoes near the prospective high-level nuclear waste dump sprang back to life, molten rock traveling at speeds up to 600 miles an hour could fill the repository deep beneath the Nevada desert within hours, said an article in the July issue of Geophysical Research Letters, a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Intense heat and pressure could cause some canisters of spent nuclear fuel that are to be buried at Yucca to rupture and allow radioactive material to flow toward the surface, the article said. "It can potentially affect a large number of waste canisters," wrote a team of English, Dutch and American scientists that developed computer models to assess the risk of a volcanic eruption. Seven dead volcanoes are within 27 miles but the last eruption was 80,000 years ago. Yucca project scientists calculate that the chance of one occurring within the waste repository over the next 10,000 years is one in 70 million. Previous government studies have said volcanic eruptions would do little damage to the site. But project scientists who commented on a draft of the new study said it presents a potentially useful model for evaluating what could happen if an eruption were to occur. President Bush ( news - web sites) last week designated Yucca as the nation's lone long-term waste repository. It is scheduled to open in 2010, but the government first must obtain a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The NRC will consider potential volcanic activity during its review of the license application. story.news.yahoo.com

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (285764)	8/11/2002 2:49:18 PM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Yucca has been used by Nevada's liberal propagandists for close to 20 years to give the Senate morons like Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, both of who's Senate careers were built on that Big Lie. That FACT is that Yucca is completely harmless, aside from the propaganda boost it has given to the state's liberals. Now the "outrage" is limited to a few diehard journalists who built careers on it, and some fading liberal politicians, soon to be gone. The pols on both sides register their "official" opposition, and go on about their business. Guinn runs virtually unopposed. Bush, who won Nevada comfortably in 2000, will win 2/3 of the vote here in 2004. Bryan retired in shame after his pro-Clinton impeachment vote, and Reid will "sadly" announce his retirement before 2004, rather than face the Bush Tsunami. Yucca as an issue is, indeed, finally over here. The key issues are the final vote to amend the state constitution to ban homosexual marriage (which will enhance conservative turnout), the building reaction over attempts to "expand revenues" that will be slipped into the legislative session after the elections, and whether or not your local assemblyman or state senator passed the acid test of tort reform in the recent special session. The next steps in tort reform are liable to be the big issue in the 2003 session, after the "revenue" scam is laughed away...