Letter: Let’s make deal on waste storage

Monday, March 18, 2002 | 9:03 a.m.

Let's tell the country we are for sale. Eventually, the nuclear waste is going to come to Yucca Mountain, whether we like it or not. So why not make a deal? A lot of time, money and energy could be saved if we accept the country's nuclear waste for a price and end the protesting.

I am thinking about $5,000 per citizen, per year for the life of the storage facility. In round figures, that would be about $7.5 billion per year. We could shut up, and life could go on. This could be a bargain price for the nuclear industry, considering the billions of dollars already spent on the project.

Of course, for those looking ahead -- by the year 3000 -- Nevada residents could have been paid over 75 trillion, but who is counting, there would be many years of storage left.

DON CARDIFF

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