Oh good, more local jobs - and lots of turnover:
WASHINGTON — Closed military bases could become repositories for nuclear waste under a little-noticed section of a spending bill that was passed by the House this week, exacerbating the fears of local lawmakers who are fighting the scheduled closure of four of New England’s biggest bases.
The energy and water bill from the House Appropriations Committee includes $15.5 million for reprocessing of nuclear waste from power plants and construction of an interim nuclear waste dump. The legislation does not specify where that dump would be. But the Appropriations Committee report, which explains the bill, suggests that mothballed military bases be considered as potential sites for the waste.
Visit New England, and get a Glow On!
But hey, what did South Dakota ever give us? Let THEM glow, instead.
I was at Boing Boing last night and found out that nuclear fallout is good for the children.
http://grannyinsanity.blogspot.com/2005/05/nuclear-fallout-is-good-for-you.html
Even the anti-scientists in this administration can figure out that nuclear waste storage in densely populated, wet, and moderately geologically active sites is a bad idea. Which ought to really worry us, the Bush Administration’s policies are one bad idea after another.
Make the blue states glow blue in the dark?