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The town that wants US's nuclear waste
Do you know which town it is that wants US's nuclear waste, see: http://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2012/01/25/nuke-us-meet-the-town-that-wants-americas-worst-nuclear-waste/print/
"“It’s really a labor of love,” says Forrest. “We’ve proven that
nuclear waste can be disposed of in a safe, reliable way.” This
attitude—“Yes in my backyard,” if you will—has brought near permanent
prosperity to this isolated spot that until recently had no endemic
economic engine. Unemployment sits at 3.8%, versus 6.5% statewide and
8.5% nationally. And thanks to this project—euphemistically known as the
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, or WIPP—New Mexico has received more than
$300 million in federal highway funds in the past decade, $100 million
of which has gone into the roads around Carlsbad. WIPP is the nation’s
only permanent, deep geologic repository for nuclear waste. The roads
have to be good for the two dozen trucks a week hauling in radioactive
drums brimming with the plutonium-laden detritus of America’s nuclear
weapons production."
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