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Letter: Bush could save face on Yucca

Tuesday, April 23, 2002 | 8:45 a.m.

A president's legacy can be totally ruined by a single simple act that seems insignificant at the time. His approval of the transportation of high- level nuclear waste all across the United States is just such an act. Bush's war on terrorism could give him a very positive legacy. However , with each future attack on a load of this high-level nuclear waste he will be remembered as the president who provided these easy targets for terrorists.

Any demented individual can derail a train or wreck a truck. It won't even take an organized band of terrorists. This is one reason that the Nevada governor has used his veto power by filing an "Official Notice of Disapproval of the Yucca Mountian Site" for the dumping of this most toxic waste.

An easy face-saving move on his part would be for him to quietly let his many friends in Congress know that it will be all right with him if they do not override the Nevada governor's veto.

BILL STAPP

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