Laptop Battery Where to store nuclear waste is one of the most important issues before Congress today. It's especially important for New Jersey's citizens and economy, since nuclear power plays a key role in providing clean, low-cost and reliable energy for our state. It generates almost half of New Jersey's electricity, without any of the air pollution that comes from burning coal or natural gas.
Re "A Refusal to Take Nuclear Waste, " by Kenny Guinn ( Ed, Feb. 16): The technical grounds for the Yucca Mountain project for secure, term storage of nuclear waste in the Nevada desert are unassailable. Governor Guinn cites various groups, saying additional studies are needed. But no scientific study doubts that Yucca will meet all Environmental Protection Agency and other safety requirements over the next 50 to 300 years.
Thinkpad Congress faces a clear choice. It can choose to continue with the expert-led study of Yucca Mountain, a remote site in the Nevada desert that's been examined for more than a decade and found to be suitable for developing an underground nuclear-waste storage facility for the entire nation.
What fault can you find with Yucca Mountain, where the nation's nuclear waste will be stored The biggest fault that Yucca has is the fault line that it's sitting on. In addition, it already contains contamination from the above ground nuclear bomb tests that were done in the 1950s. Outside of these small imperfections, Yucca Mountain is just a wonderful place to store the deadliest poison known to mankind.
Microsoft The alternative is to veto the Yucca option, as the governor of Nevada and many anti-nuclear activists want. That would leave in place the current system of storing nuclear waste above ground at 131 sites in 39 states. Most of these sites, including the two in New Jersey, are located at nuclear power stations and are far closer to major population centers than Yucca, which is on federal land more than 90 miles from Las Vegas.
He says that no matter what we do we will have to live with our current nuclear waste system for decades because Yucca will not be ready to receive the waste. Either today's storage system is good for the long term or it is not. If Governor Guinn wants to work with us to accelerate storage at Yucca, we are ready to listen. Spencer Abraham Secretary of Energy Washington, 2002
Laptop Computers A Yucca Mountain waste site is backed by good science and an overriding concern for public safety. This desert location has now been studied, at greater cost, more than any other piece of earth. Since 1982, U.S. citizens have paid over $18 billion in taxes on their electric bills to fund studies of this issue -- with New Jerseyans paying over $700 million of this amount.
Katz runs the company with 22 paid employees and 300 volunteers who give technical support to new users and are compensated with free memberships (remember those days at AOL ). He rents space in two AT&T data centers, one in Manhattan, another inSecaucus, N.J., with $700, 000 worth of computer equipment, end servers from Dell Computer and five IBM Unix servers. The $2 million annual payroll is his biggest expense.
Laptop Computer A mountain of technical and scientific evidence points to the conclusion that the nation's nuclear waste from civilian and military sources can be safely transported to and then stored at Yucca Mountain.
According to the indictment, Jones would steal various IBM and Penguin computer servers from Verisign's warehouse in Virginia and sell them to Johnson. Johnson would then sell the servers to several individuals, who would sometimes place them for sale on eBay. As a result of this scheme, the indictment alleges that Jones and Johnson caused Verisign to lose more than $120, 000 worth of computer equipment. In the indictment, Jones and Johnson are charged in three counts with causing the interstate transportation of stolen property, namely IBM 330 and 335 servers, in violation of 18 U.S.C.
Desktop Computer It makes no sense to make southern New Jersey a long-term nuclear waste site. Yucca Mountain presents a far better alternative. New Jersey's congressional delegation needs to get a clear message: It's time for science, not politics.
Notebooks Harry Keiser
President and Chief Nuclear Officer
Public Service Electric & Gas
Newark, NJ
Lenovo Asbury Park Press - 5/1/2002
Topic: Nuclear
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