[Vision2020] Nuclear waste in Idaho is apparently less contentious than megaloads

[Scott Dredge]

Megaloads are opposed by many as you might have seen here on the viz (Linwood Laughy, tribes) along with several other comments criticizing those who are doing their jobs of running Port Wilma.  If you want specific links, I'll find them in the archives for you.

I haven't seen any articles on anyone protesting nuclear waste in Idaho except for this one from over 20 years ago:
http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19911013&slug=1310794

It might be apples and oranges considering megaloads is a somewhat local issue whereas nuclear waste is yonder across the state.  Of course the supposed 'ruining of the environment' in and around that Alberta tar sands is even further away and in a different country but that gets thrown in the mix due to the local megaload issue.  It's sort of like when a public defender throws everything against the wall in hopes that one juror will see something that sticks (sorry I couldn't resist).

From: sunilramalingam at hotmail.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 17:15:47 -0700
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Nuclear waste in Idaho is apparently less contentious	than megaloads




Scott,

Whose position is that? 

Sunil

From: scooterd408 at hotmail.com
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 18:04:39 -0600
Subject: [Vision2020] Nuclear waste in Idaho is apparently less contentious	than megaloads




Megaloads - bad.
Nuclear waste storage - who cares as long it's not in our backyards.

'Construction is expected to start in the spring 
of 2015 and finish in 2017. Plans call for building administration and 
maintenance buildings, waste-holding systems and 
environmental-monitoring installations.  The company said the facility will have more 
than 200 underground concrete vaults to hold waste generated at the 
laboratory. The new facility will be located southwest of the Advanced 
Test Reactor.'

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/money/58264285-79/waste-facility-idaho-areva.html.csp
 		 	   		  

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