Letter: Yucca decision made long ago

Wednesday, June 16, 2004 | 9:15 a.m.

Again we have a politician playing politics with the proposed repository at Yucca Mountain. In a June 13 commentary, "Bush is playing politics with Yucca," Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., blames President Bush for his ill-conceived decision on Yucca Mountain.

Don't be fooled by Berkley's commentary, folks. The Yucca decision was made long before President Bush came into office. Why would the government spend millions of dollars to study, explore and dig tunnels, if it wasn't going through with this program?

I don't like having a nuclear dump site in our state either, but don't play politics -- go to the root of this problem and ask yourselves why Yucca was chosen and why was it allowed to proceed? You'd have to go back several administrations.

MARK SMITH

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