The nuclear push. (Updates).The ongoing battle to revive To renew. For example, revival is the act of renewing the legal force of a contract or debt, either by acknowledging it or by giving a new promise, when the contract or debt is no longer a sufficient foundation for a lawsuit because it is barred by the running of the Statute nuclear power includes the Department of Energy's (DOE) push to open a nuclear waste repository (1) A database of information about applications software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships. A repository is used in a CASE or application development system in order to identify objects and business rules for reuse. in Nevada (see "The Nuclear Phoenix," November/December 2001). Many Nevadans, including local and state officials, environmentalists and human rights groups, see 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 as an unsuitable site. Judy Treichel, executive director of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, charges that despite concerns about geologic instability, groundwater contamination and hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. transport, the DOE has held a minimal amount of public meetings, often with misleading and confusing con·fuse v. con·fused, con·fus·ing, con·fus·es v.tr. 1. a. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; throw off. b. locations and times. "They have done everything they can to thwart public participation," says Treichel. The final Environmental Impact Statement, she adds, will not be released until after the public comment period. But Allen Benson, the Nevada DOE's director of institutional affairs, says, "We far exceeded what was required of us by law." CONTACT: Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force, (702)248-1127, www.nvantinuclear.org; Nevada DOE, (702)794-1300, www.nv.doe.gov. |
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