Re: Interesting Meeting in Las Vegas

["J. Andrew Tompkins" <jatalbq@mindspring.com>]

Tom,
If the Mayor will just take the time to on the site tour, he will get all
of the information he is prepared to deal with on Yucca Mt.  The PR folks
on the project have all sorts of materials and I'm certain would be happy
to give the Mayor his very own presentation.

However, The Yucca Mt. Project has been around for 15 years.  Did the Mayor
just move to Vegas?  Fact is the Yucca Mt. site is 100 miles from Vegas.
The only possible impact is a slight increase in truck traffic carrying a
hazardous material through town.  One of the alternatives being considered
involved building  a special road to minimize any additional Rad Mat going
through Vegas proper.

The Yucca Mt. projects impact on Vegas in any real perspective is not
significant.  The Yucca Mt. Project in Nevada is a political issue.  The
State has played the delaying game for years and will continue to do so.
Did you notice that the recent attempt to amend some of the Federal law on
Yucca Mt. was delayed by the Nevada delegation?  Even if you convince the
Mayor Yucca Mt. has no significant on Vegas it will still be a political
issue.

DOE and the Project folks have been trying to win out there with the facts
for years. This has not worked and can not work as long as this remains a
political issue.  Write your congress person, those of you that live in a
state other than Nevada, and tell him to vote yes on the present set of
proposed amendments.

Andrew Tompkins
Woodstock, GA  

jatalbq@mindspring.com

ThAt 12:36 AM 11/20/99 -0600, you wrote:
>This is to let you know about a real interesting meeting I attended last
>night at the UNLV campus.
>
>Mayor of Las Vegas Oscar Goldman adressed the student chapter of the HPS and
>presented some views of the Yucca mountain project that made everyone in the
>room think about his perspective.
>
>Las Vegas is now a thriving city with $Billions in investments, a tourist
>industry like no other in the country.
>
>The mayors perspectives on transportation of high and low level wastes
>through the city are those of the typical uninformed member of the public.
>
>    He was unaware that low level radioactive wastes had been transported
>through Las Vegas for many years.
>    He has never been to Yucca mountain but has scheduled a trip for next
>month.
>    He is not impressed by the fact that the mountain will bring industry
>and $$.
>    He is concerned for the well being of Las Vegas.
>
>It made me think, as we tried to convince the Mayor that his fears were not
>well founded, we really don't have a handle on this convince the public
>thing.
>
>Does anyone have presentation materials for mayors?
>
>If you are a DOE person trying to sell Yucca mountain to Nevadans, I
>recommend that you do a better job to convince this guy that it can be done
>completely safe, and without putting Las Vegas in jeopardy at all.
>
>This was an excellent meeting set up by the students at UNLV.
>
>Great job!  Thank you for the invite.
>
>Tom O'Dou
>tom_dixie@msn.com
>
>
>
>
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