Political Quotes

“What I find more shocking about the Yucca Mountain project is that DOE has no plan to transport spent nuclear fuel to its proposed repository. Secretary Abraham testified last week that DOE is just beginning to formulate preliminary thoughts about a transportation plan, even though in the final environmental impact statement they did give us these routes about which Senator Boxer and others have talked. Puncture tests? Sure, there are puncture tests. We know a shoulder-fired weapon will go through one of those canisters of spent fuel rods. We know that. The tests have been proven. We also know they don't withstand fire. Diesel fuel burns at 1,400 degrees. They have only had these tests go up to 1,200 degrees. If you have a fire and a diesel truck is carrying this, it will breach the container. The things we are being told simply have no validity.”