Spokane7
55°
May 7, 2010 in Business, Region
Wash. congressmen discuss nuclear fuel storage
RICHLAND — U.S. Reps. Doc Hastings and Jay Inslee say they will fight to keep the federal government from abandoning a proposed nuclear waste repository in Nevada.
In a visit to the Northwest’s lone commercial nuclear plant, the congressmen said the Yucca Mountain repository 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas is vital to ridding Washington state of spent nuclear fuel and waste.
Energy Northwest, operator of Columbia Generating Station, has installed storage containers to safely hold its used nuclear fuel. But the utility recently won $56.9 million in damages from the Energy Department for failing to begin accepting its spent fuel at a national repository.
The Energy Department has filed notice of its intent to appeal that ruling.
© Copyright 2010 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Seven firms or nonprofits win Agora Awards 
garygm on May 08 at 7:40 a.m.
Okay, here’s my opinion. Any state that creates waste of any kind,
garbage, nuclear or any other kind, should have to KEEP THAT WASTE IN IT’S OWN STATE. The immediate result of that would be the state creating the waste will be careful what they create. If they can ship it off to somewhere else, where is the incentive to be responsible? No shipping of your waste! Nevada or Utah should not be our dumping ground.