[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 119 (Monday, July 16, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6245]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             YUCCA MOUNTAIN

  (Mr. LaMALFA asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. LaMALFA. Mr. Speaker, the USA has approximately 121 sites around 
the country that are storing nuclear waste in approximately 39 States. 
They are in temporary facilities, temporary storage that could be 
subject to all sorts of problems, whether it be terrorist attack or 
other issues with nature.
  I had the chance recently to visit Yucca Mountain, the facility in 
Nevada that would be the repository for nuclear waste, if it could be 
approved and put in place.
  I was impressed with what I saw for many key issues. Seismic activity 
is very low in the area, if any. We have an issue where it could be a 
very hardened site for attack. It would be very difficult to attack it. 
And the issues with groundwater are nil, since groundwater is so deep 
in the Nevada desert, well below the areas proposed.
  We need to do something about this situation with nuclear waste being 
stored temporarily the way it is or with moving forward with a project 
like Yucca Mountain, which is the only one approved in the United 
States currently under the law.
  Mr. Speaker, further delay means further peril for the way this stuff 
is being stored currently. We need to move forward on this.

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