On the recordDecember 19, 2001
Well, here we go again. Last week, the Department of Energy changed the ground rules once again for judging the suitability of Yucca Mountain. How convenient for them to change the guidelines after scientists began to conclude the natural features of the mountain would not work. You cannot change the rules of the game once the game has begun. The audacity of the Department of Energy is deplorable. First, their own Inspector General cites 9 years of possible collusion of a corrupt law firm; then, the GAO warns that the plans the DOE has shown to Congress and the Nevadans may not describe the facility the GAO would actually build and develop. And now, after changing the regulations to suit their science, we, the American people, are supposed to trust them? The Department of Energy should be ashamed of itself. It is time to put the safety of Nevadans and Americans ahead of their own desire to win at any cost.
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