Sam Gibbons: “top 10 reasons not to vote for H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997: Number 10, nuclear waste will be…”

“top 10 reasons not to vote for H.R. 1270, the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1997: Number 10, nuclear waste will be transported next to your constituents, their homes and their schools; No. 9, transportation of radioactive waste past private property results in its devaluation; No. 8, shipping containers are designed to withstand a cash of only 30 miles per hour; No. 7, the President will veto this bill; No. 6, the Senate will sustain the bill; No. 5, local officials are neither trained or equipped to cope with a nuclear disaster; No. 4, 33 faults and 30 earthquakes, Yucca mountain is not safe period; No. 3, H.R. 1270 would result in the transfer of liability for radioactive waste to the U.S. taxpayer; No. 2, it will cost the American taxpayers an additional $2.3 billion to transport this waste rather than keeping it onsite; and finally, Mr. Speaker, No. 1, a single radioactive accident in this country would cost the American taxpayers nearly $20 billion and take over 450 days to clean it up. Mr. Speaker, it is very important that my colleagues learn the facts surrounding H.R. 1270 and then vote against it.”