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Republican Congressman Steven Palazzo – “NO nuclear waste for Mississippi”

SUN HERALD | Editorial: Nuclear waste? ‘Not now, not ever’ https://news.google.com/news?ncl=dzfDFrajpSorqvMnAObOMHmyMoOlM&q=nuclear&lr=English&hl=en August 27, 2013 When Congressman Steven Palazzo heard of possible plans for bringing the nation’s nuclear waste to Mississippi, he declared: “Not now, not ever.”

While Palazzo represents only one of four congressional districts in the state, those four words should be the rallying cry of all Mississippians.

As the two-term Republican explained on Tuesday, “Whatever plans are brewing for a possible nuclear waste facility, I think now is the time to send a clear message: no nuclear waste in Mississippi. Not now, not ever. “Nuclear storage wouldn’t even be an issue had the Obama Administration not shuttered plans to complete the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada. We’ve already spent $12 billion in taxpayer dollars and nearly two decades of work on the Yucca site, and that should be our focus going forward.”

August 29, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general