Harry Reid: “I would say, of course, my friend from Alaska did not answer the question because the answer is so obvious. We have here…”

“I would say, of course, my friend from Alaska did not answer the question because the answer is so obvious. We have here one of the most eminent scientists in America dealing with nuclear waste, with things nuclear. He said, ``And you can put it next to a power plant [nuclear waste], as we are doing * * *, without appreciably increasing any risk to anybody.'' I also say to those within the sound of my voice, it is cheaper to have dry cast storage containment. It only costs about $5 million to establish one on-site. It would seem to me that this is so clear that it is easy to see through the transparency of what the nuclear utilities are trying to do. They are trying to wash their hands of this terribly deadly waste that they produced; namely, plutonium, wash their hands of it and give the responsibility to somebody else. Otherwise we would go for the cheaper, safer version that has been underscored as being safe by Dr. Richard Wilson, professor of physics, Harvard University.”