[mgj-discuss] April 16, 2002: Rally to Stop Yucca Mountain!

[Farah Fosse]

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Yucca Mountain, located 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada, is the only
site under consideration for a proposed repository to store 77,000 tons of
high-level radioactive waste from U.S. weapons sites and commercial nuclear
reactors. After years of study and billions of dollars spent, numerous
technical, environmental, and policy problems plague the project. In
addition to problems with the Yucca Mountain site, the prospect of
transporting nuclear waste across the country to Nevada raises serious
safety and security concerns. Tens of thousands of shipments of this deadly
cargo would be slated to pass through as many as 45 states, putting at risk
millions of Americans who live near interstate highways and railroads.

Rally to Stop Yucca Mountain

What?   Rally
When?  Tuesday, April 16th, 11 AM - 12:30
Where? West side of the US Capitol

The Road to Yucca Mountain

What?   The Road to Yucca Mountain film showing
When?  April 15th at 7pm
Where? Vision's Cinema, 1927 Florida Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Cost?     Free!

Vision's Cinema will show "The Road to Yucca Mountain," a film by DC
producer John Sorensen, on Monday, April 15th at 7pm.  Admission is free.
The film will be followed by a panel presentation profiling opposition to
the Yucca Mountain nuclear dump proposal.  Tens of thousands of highly
radioactive shipments would cross the country on our roads, rails, and
waterways unless Congress puts a stop to this dangerous project.  Monday's
event is sponsored by Public Citizen, Nuclear Information & Resource
Service, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sierra Club, and National
Environmental Trust.  Visions is located at 1927 Florida Avenue NW,
Washington, DC. For more information call  (202) 454-5130/(202) 328-0002 or
visit www.atomicroadshow.org or www.nirs.org .

The Department of Energy projects 312 highly radioactive train shipments
from Maryland and Virginia will move through the District of Columbia and
vicinity as part of the proposal to send 77,000 tons of nuclear waste by
truck, train and barge to a dump at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Help stop this
bad plan.  Join DC area community activists, concerned Members of Congress,
national environmental, labor and Native American leaders at a rally,
Tuesday, April 16th, 11 AM - 12:30, at the west side of the US Capitol. For
more information call  (202) 454-5130/(202) 328-0002 or visit
www.atomicroadshow.org or www.nirs.org .