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twitterLetter: Nuke transport protests likely
Friday, July 27, 2001 | 9:55 a.m.
Why was it necessary for the Italian carbinieri to kill a protester in Genoa? Was he armed?
It is never necessary to kill protesters in a supposedly democratic country!
Internationalism, free trade and environmentalism (nuclear waste and other pollution in our water, air and soil) have triggered protests in Seattle, Washington, D.C., Quebec City, other worldwide cities and now Genoa.
American politicians had better factor in protests if the Department of Energy and the Congress ever decide to unnecessarily transport nuclear waste through 41 states to Yucca Mountain. Nuclear waste should stay in dry cask storage, on site, where it was produced and has been safely stored for 44 years.
It can be made even safer and more secure using technology advances since the 1987 legislation. Scientists have said it can remain there safely for 100 years.
FRANK PERNA
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