Mike Levin: “I am supporting the Yucca Mountain Resolution today because we need to take the next step in resolving the problem of…”

“I am supporting the Yucca Mountain Resolution today because we need to take the next step in resolving the problem of nuclear waste in this country. It makes more sense to store the Nation's high-level nuclear waste in a single place than it does to leave it at 131 sites spread all around the country, many close to significant population centers and all located on bodies of water, including the Great Lakes and major river systems. I do not feel that it is environmentally responsible to allow spent nuclear fuel to sit indefinitely in temporary facilities on the shores of the Great Lakes. We set up a procedure 20 years ago to deal with this problem, and we should use it. I have heard from citizens all over Michigan on both sides of this issue. The Michigan Municipal League, the Michigan House of Representatives, and over 75 counties and communities have contacted me to express their support for the effort to establish a permanent repository at Yucca Mountain.”