Sam Gibbons: “First, let me address the issue that the gentleman has talking about…”

On the recordOctober 24, 1997

First, let me address the issue that the gentleman has talking about, dropping these casks. These casks are certified to be fracture-resistent when dropped from a height of 30 feet. It is a lot different from dropping a cask from the top of the Hoover Dam to the bottom, 450 feet. Only 2 months ago we had an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rig in an accident, spun out on the top of that dam, and the back end was hanging over the edge of the dam. It can happen. It is not a farfetched idea. But, what you present is one of the greatest environmental catastrophes for the most populated State in the United States and the most populated community that gets a lot of its drinking water and agricultural water from the Colorado River, and that is Los Angeles, CA. All of those millions and millions of people, the lives along the southern Colorado River would be in danger of jeopardy from a nuclear contamination spill just off of that one roadway.

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Sam Gibbons

Florida

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Discussing the risks of transporting nuclear waste near populated areas.

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Sam Gibbons: “First, let me address the issue that the gentleman has talking about, dropping these casks. These casks are certified to…”

Editor's note · Context