Nuke shipments are safe

["Nielsen, Erik" <NielseEC@NV.DOE.GOV>]

Las Vegas Review Journal guest editorial.



--snip--

"NEVADA VIEWS: Nuke shipments are safe



Transportation to Yucca Mountain nothing for Nevadans to worry about



SPECIAL TO THE REVIEW-JOURNAL 

 

In an absence of complete information, it has proven easy for the opponents

of the Yucca Mountain repository to raise fears about the transportation of

used commercial nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste to the site.

But as more specifics are learned about transportation, and details develop

regarding shipments to Yucca Mountain, my fellow residents of Nevada can

feel confident about the technology and the process. 

--snip--



Full article letter can be found at:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2004/Mar-07-Sun-2004/opinion/23363825

.html





Erik C. Nielsen

Senior Scientist

Bechtel Nevada - Remote Sensing Laboratory

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