Phil J wrote:


A majority of people in Nevada absolutely do not want the Yucca
Mountain site to become active. They feel that the rest of the
country is trying to cram this thing down their throats, and they
resent it.

Rumor was (I had friends there who moved back to Oregon from Vegas
because the hated it) that it would radically reduce taxes for Nevada
residents if they charged the world to stow it's nuclear waste.

And it ain't like Nevada citizens haven't been radiated before. :/

It doesn't have to be Nevada. They could put it in downtown LA for what
most of the west coast cares. Berkeley would be a fair compromise.

-c