Edit: Butch’s N-Waste Here To Stay

Mention the U.S. Department of Energy to people in northern Idaho and eastern Washington, and they instantly conjure up images of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. There, more than 50 million gallons of high-level radioactive wastes sit in 177 rusting tanks, some of them single-lined. Over the years, more than a million gallons have seeped into the environment. DOE’s laboratory near Idaho Falls has a much better record. Much of the credit for that goes to two of Idaho’s former governors, Democrat Cecil Andrus and Republican Phil Batt/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Why do you think Gov. Butch Otter is rejecting the bipartisan wisdom of former governors Cecil Andrus and Phil Batt — and accepting nuclear waste into Idaho again, from the Department of Energy?