[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 29 (Thursday, March 14, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         OPPOSE YUCCA MOUNTAIN

  (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, the nuclear industry lobbyists are trying 
to simply pull the wool over our eyes. As well as most Members of 
Congress and the American people, we are gullible to some of their 
ludicrous remarks. They want us to believe that by supporting the Yucca 
Mountain project that the nuclear waste problem at over 100 commercial 
nuclear power plants will just disappear. Puff. Gone.
  Now, I am not sure how many of us believe in fairy tales; but that is 
exactly what this is, a fairy tale of monumental proportions.
  The truth is, there are over 100 nuclear waste sites around the 
country; and if Yucca Mountain was open, we would have not only those 
sites, but also Yucca Mountain, and high-level nuclear waste traveling 
across the country. After all, the waste will not just magically appear 
in Nevada, it will take at least 38 years and more than 96,000 truck 
shipments to transport the waste from 38 States.
  Mr. Speaker, the viability of Yucca Mountain is not just a fairy 
tale, it is a nightmare. Protect America. Oppose Yucca Mountain.

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