PALMDALE MAY FIGHT DUMP PLAN\Congressional bill would allow nuclear waste to traverse A.V.Byline: Jim Skeen Daily News Staff Writer The City Council will consider joining the opponents of the proposed shipment of nuclear fuel rods fuel rod n. A protective metal tube containing pellets of fuel for a nuclear reactor. to southern Nevada - a plan that could bring nuclear waste through the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley . At its meeting Wednesday, the Palmdale City Council will consider a resolution opposing a congressional bill that would allow nuclear waste to be stored temporarily at Yucca Mountain Yucca Mountain, mountain in the SW Nevada desert about 100 mi (161 km) northwest of Las Vegas. It is the proposed site of a Dept. of Energy (DOE) repository for up to 77,000 metric tons of nuclear waste (including commercial and defense spent fuel and high-level . The site would receive 15,000 casks of nuclear fuel over 30 years. Antelope Valley opponents of the bill believe it would result in nuclear waste from the closed Rancho ran·cho n. pl. ran·chos Southwestern U.S. 1. A hut or group of huts for housing ranch workers. 2. A ranch. Seco nuclear plant in Sacramento being shipped by rail through Lancaster and Palmdale. In the event the bill does pass, the resolution requests that the federal government use rail and highway routes bypassing the Antelope Valley. A similar resolution was passed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is the five member governing board of Los Angeles County, California. Members of the board of supervisors are elected by district, the current members as of April 2006 are:
"It's wonderful when local communities find their voice and move to protect public health," said Jane Williams Notable people named Jane Williams include:
The Palmdale City Council will consider the resolution at its 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting in the council chambers, 708 E. Palmdale Blvd. The congressional bill is intended to provide relief for nuclear sites that are running out of storage space. A nuclear dump was supposed to open in 1998, but that date has now slipped to 2010. Already more than $4 billion has been spent on the project. Environmentalists want each site to continue to store its own waste. Environmentalists say the potential for a disaster is great, claiming that the integrity of the nuclear waste casks is questionable. Supporters of the bill believe that making each site stockpile stock·pile n. A supply stored for future use, usually carefully accrued and maintained. tr.v. stock·piled, stock·pil·ing, stock·piles To accumulate and maintain a supply of for future use. its own waste is an attempt to kill nuclear energy outright. They argue that opponents of the bill have not provided an alternative to the storage situation beyond asking for nuclear plants to be shut down. |
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