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twitterLetter: Nevadans should be willing to assist nuclear industry
Friday, June 26, 1998 | 10:09 a.m.
I was shocked to learn in a recent news story that Nevada consumes electricity generated by nuclear power plants. Previous news stories gave me the distinct impression that Nevada did not use nuclear power and therefore should have no responsibility in solving the nuclear waste storage problem.
I also recently learned that much of the material intended to go to Yucca Mountain is generated in the national defense and not by the nuclear power industry. Certainly Nevada has benefited along with the rest of the country by the deterrent value of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear power is an excellent, cost-competitive, clean and virtually renewable source of energy. Our politicians have been hiding the fact that we benefit from nuclear power in Nevada. Shouldn't we be helping to solve this issue, rather than hinder its resolution?
Margaret Valine
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