Letter: Bush should keep Yucca promise

Friday, Oct. 1, 2004 | 9 a.m.

It's been four years since George W. Bush promised our governor he wouldn't support Yucca Mountain unless the science did too. I certainly haven't forgotten that, or the fact he broke his promise and signed legislation that will send 77,000 tons of nuclear waste from all over the country into our communities.

Our own Nevada Commission on Nuclear Projects predicts well over 100 accidents to occur during the decades this toxic material will rumble through our neighborhoods. Just one accident could contaminate 40 square miles.

Nevadans owe it to themselves to urge President Bush to keep his commitment and use his power to stop Yucca Mountain. Bush may not have thought much of it when he made his promise, but it sure meant a lot to us.

COURTNEY PURCELL

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