Agency Is Seen as Unfazed on Atom Waste

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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/politics/12waste.html?ex=1088091462&ei=1&en=6d93152245965d4b

The plan to bury nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain may need major revisions, but the Energy Department is pressing ahead with the project, according to some independent scientists appointed by President Bush to review the project.

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Last year the board warned that humidity in Yucca Mountain's tunnels could dissolve salt from the rock there, which could then corrode "drip shields," metal tents made of a sophisticated alloy that are meant to keep the containers that would hold the waste dry.
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the rest of the article is taken up with who said what about the issues and the only conclusion was that it was going forward whether or no and if things don't work out well in the future, then in the future changes can be made.

you know, shitty suit talk