Let's consider the nuclear waste that our children and generations
beyond will need to "safeguard" for the next 10,000 years. For 30 years
the U.S. government, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and various
Vermont and U.S. energy companies have made proclamations and promises
including the notion we will find a solution to nuclear waste disposal.
Have we? No. Mostly lately it has boiled down to: Let's put it in
Nevada. Can someone tell me why the sacred Yucca Mountain and the
people of Nevada should be the repository of our nuclear waste?
Perhaps instead it is the very places that benefited from low property
taxes for years that should reap the consequences. Vermont Yankee was a
huge financial benefit to Vernon for many years, and now it is OUR
problem, as Vermonters and U.S. taxpayers.
The sooner our legislators make the decision to close this failing and
unsafe plant, the sooner we will develop safer and cleaner sources and,
most importantly, conserve energy.
Virginia Farley
Moretown
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