Give 'Em Nuclear Waste

I guess they had to put it somewhere.

Tens of thousands of jobs and millions of dollars lossed. What's a bit of nuclear waste going to hurt?

Shut bases could get nuclear waste
A $15.5m funding plan allows for reprocessing

WASHINGTON -- Closed military bases could become repositories for nuclear waste under a little-noticed section of a spending bill that was passed by the House this week, exacerbating the fears of local lawmakers who are fighting the scheduled closure of four of New England's biggest bases.

The energy and water bill from the House Appropriations Committee includes $15.5 million for reprocessing of nuclear waste from power plants and construction of an interim nuclear waste dump. The legislation does not specify where that dump would be. But the Appropriations Committee report, which explains the bill, suggests that mothballed military bases be considered as potential sites for the waste.

By the way, "a little-noticed section of a spending bill"?

I doubt they've even READ the bill.

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