RE: Senate votes by state

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I listened to the US Senate floor statement from the Senator Michigan mentioned below. Her concern seemed to be a belief that the casks have not been demonstrated to be terrorist-proof; i;e.,n armor-piercing rocket might make a hole in a spent-fuel cask that otherwise passed all other shipping tests. Let us hope so. It would be worrisome if she believed that the casks have not been fully tested against all conditions specified in the regulations.

Interestingly, almost none of the Senators expressed much concern during the final 4 1/2 hour debate about the efficacy of Yucca Mountain to perform safely its task. Nearly all of the concern was targeted toward shipping safety, and particularly toward fears that terrorists might attack a shipment of spent fuel headed to Yucca Mountain.

In any event, the near-emptiness of the US Senate Chamber held immediately prior to the interesting maneuver of "voting-to-take-the-official-vote" reinforces the perception that the Senators had decided how they were going to vote beforehand.

Steve

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-----Original Message-----
From: Otto G. Raabe [mailto:ograabe@UCDAVIS.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:40 AM
To: John M Priest Jr; RuthWeiner@AOL.COM
Cc: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Subject: Re: Senate votes by state

At 01:09 PM 7/11/02 -0400, John M Priest Jr wrote:

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This is the response from my senator Michigan [Senator Debbie Stabenow]

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"I am deeply troubled that no government agency has conducted full-scale physical tests of the casks that will be used to transport nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain...."

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July 11, 2002

Davis, CA

I have seen movies and data of the Sandia National Laboratory tests of these types of casts going back many years. In one test a train engine collides with a cask at full speed without seriously damaging it. What's wrong here?

Otto

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Prof. Otto G. Raabe, Ph.D., CHP

Center for Health & the Environment

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University of California, Davis, CA 95616

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