Political Quotes

“the transportation of this waste will require over 96,000 truck shipments over 4 decades. Almost every major east-west interstate highway and mainland railroad in the country will experience high-level waste shipments. More highly-radioactive waste will be shipped in the first full year of repository operations than has been transported in the entire 5-decade history of spent fuel shipments in the United States. The Department of Energy proposes to directly impact 44 States and many of the major metropolitan areas in the Nation. At least 109 cities with populations exceeding 100,000, including my constituents in Cleveland, Ohio, will be subjected to repeated shipments with minimal safeguards. Highway shipments alone will impact at least 703 counties with a combined population of 123 million people. Nationally, 11 million people reside within one-half mile of a truck or rail route. This never-before-attempted radioactive materials transportation effort will bring with it many risks, including potentially serious economic damage and property value losses in cities and communities along shipping routes. The poorly tested transportation casks may be vulnerable to highway accidents and security breaches. Because of a lack of rail facilities to several reactors, the Department of Energy will use barge shipments to move this waste to a port capable of transferring the 120-ton cask to a train.”