Letter: Dangers of Yucca dump cannot be underestimated

Monday, Nov. 29, 2004 | 9:09 a.m.

I'm responding to an article you published Nov. 4 headlined, "GOP: Yucca not a strong enough issue." It quoted some state Republicans as saying that, as a ballot issue, voters did not regard Yucca Mountain as very important. Yucca Mountain, of course, is the site in Southern Nevada where the federal government wants to permanently bury the nation's high-level nuclear waste.

Personally, I don't know how anyone can ignore the Yucca Mountain issue. Las Vegas will most certainly become a nuclear disaster area if we let this happen. Shipments to Yucca Mountain will make a fine target for terrorists. To derail a train or attack a truck would not be that difficult.

John Kerry objected to Yucca Mountain because he was for Nevada.

All the people in Northern Nevada who voted for President Bush may think they're safe because they are hundreds of miles from Yucca Mountain. Well, shame on them.

INGRID R. MORRIS

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