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Letter: Bush needs to explain Yucca science to us

Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002 | 8:24 a.m.

President Bush has said that his decision on the Yucca Mountain repository will be based upon "sound science" (hopefully not political science).

If he accepts Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham's recommendation, the president should be invited to come to Las Vegas for an open forum, with questions and answers, to explain that science. The citizens of Las Vegas deserve no less than a demonstration that someone who makes such a decision, with potentially adverse effects on their welfare, fully understands the "sound science."

It would also afford the president an opportunity to educate those of us who are not knowledgeable about the radiation physics and geology involved.

ALVIN LANGER

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