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Energy Department proposes first new nuclear waste site by 2021

Washington Times -- The Department of Energy unveiled a new nuclear waste plan Friday strategy which calls for the creation of an interim storage site by 2021.

According to a story first reported by the Washington Guardian, the Obama administration will ask Congress to approve the plan in hopes of opening a full-scale storage facility by 2025 — and a permanent geologic repository by 2048.

All of the sites would be chosen with the consent of the host communities.

The Energy Department’s move Friday marked the Obama administration’s first key action on nuclear waste since canceling plans to discard nuclear waste from power plants at the Yucca Mountain geologic repository in Nevada.

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indyjim Champion Author Indianapolis Posts:10,101 Points:2,320,405 Joined:Jul 2006	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:58:47 PM Ignore indyjim Report Abuse Nuclear waste is a danger to the world.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,805 Points:415,065 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:58:39 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse @WeasleyOC, your comments might have more weight if you bothered to use the spell checker. Perhaps something you need to "evolve" towards.
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DiannaFan Sophomore Author Utah Posts:175 Points:207,210 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:57:11 PM Ignore DiannaFan Report Abuse The Washington Times is not exactly what I would call a reliable source of anything.
Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,805 Points:415,065 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:55:46 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Great idea, @wayoung56, but isn't that how Godzilla was created? In all seriousness, decades of burning coal have dispersed tons of mercury into the air, only to have it settle into our very sizable oceans. Result? We have to watch how much fish we eat because of the mercury in their bodies. So, maybe the oceans don't do as great a job at dispersal as you might think.
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Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,805 Points:415,065 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:52:20 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse Please tell us what the Republicans would do that would be any better, @FlogNut.
OGW Champion Author London Posts:5,329 Points:1,532,975 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:52:02 PM Ignore OGW Report Abuse Nuclear waste has the potential to be the worst environmental diaaster known to man. It has the potential to wipe out all future generations of our families on earth. There presently is not a safe method of either destroying or storing nuclear waste and many scientists say that there never will be as it takes thousands of years to breakdown!
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Aviator_Rob Champion Author New York Posts:3,805 Points:415,065 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:50:58 PM Ignore Aviator_Rob Report Abuse I want to know which state will say, "Okay, build a nuclear waste dump in our state." Outside of Las Vegas, Nevada is already one of the most sparsely populated regions in our country and they said no to building one at Yucca Mountain. Who else wants to step up?
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FlogNut Champion Author Chicago Posts:104,365 Points:1,989,625 Joined:Oct 2007	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:26:32 PM Ignore FlogNut Report Abuse A permanent repository by 2048???? Typical that the government plans to take 35 years to accomplish something. Assuming that they actually meet this timetable which is unlikely. The only thing this administration seems good for is wasting taxpayers money.
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papakoca All-Star Author Texas Posts:649 Points:531,285 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:22:02 PM Ignore papakoca Report Abuse "All of the sites would be chosen with the consent of the host communities." That pretty much dooms the whole project thanks to NIMBY and the Tree Huggers.
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wayoung56 Champion Author Alabama Posts:2,810 Points:820,285 Joined:Oct 2006	Message Posted: Jan 12, 2013 9:13:55 PM Ignore wayoung56 Report Abuse Sink it in a mid-ocean trench where dilution will negate the effects of any leakage. They had to refine the stuff from existing materials to begin with, nothing new has been created, dilute it and put it back in environment...
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