[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 38 (Monday, March 30, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H1705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        YUCCA MOUNTAIN IS NOT SUITABLE FOR NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE

  (Mr. GIBBONS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GIBBONS. Mr. Speaker, when I was a child, people thought that 
little green men lived on Mars and that the Moon was made of cheese. 
That was when imagination was stronger than science. Unfortunately, 
many of my colleagues look at transporting and storing nuclear waste in 
much the same way.
  A recent scientific study claimed that the proposed storage site at 
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is at least 10 times, that is right, 10 times 
more prone to earthquakes and lava flows than government scientists 
previously estimated. Nevada ranks third in the Nation for current 
earthquake activity.
  Recognition and proper use of this information could potentially save 
thousands of lives. With over 30 earthquakes a year, clearly, Yucca 
Mountain is not suitable, and it may very well be the worst place to 
store the deadliest material man has ever created.
  The space program proved that little green men did not live on Mars. 
And as long as the DOE applies this new scientific information, America 
will not force little green people to live in Nevada.

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