RadWaste and Texas' Future - The Dumping Ground

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http://counterpunch.com/polk05272009.html



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How do you get people to vote for radioactive waste to be dumped in Texas in close proximity to the Ogallala and Dockum aquifers? And how do you also get the same community to agree to bankroll the project's $75 million buildout costs? You sell it as a prosperity issue.

The promise of future prosperity is more hopeful than discussing point-blank realities. Namely, that the source of prosperity is a dumpsite in west Texas, near the border of New Mexico, that has the potential for receiving varying grades of radioactive waste from 36 states. And the geographical area in question has three inherent properties that have scientists, engineers and activists worried: red clay, aquifers and high winds.

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Valhi's rush to buildout in Andrews County, ironically, is tied to receiving federal stimulus money for processing the PCBs from the Hudson River.

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well we kissed goodbye to a large part of W.Va. because of the toxic ruin

and now we can kiss goodbye to west Tex.

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1. Thanks for the link

I didn't know about this. Here's a graphic of the Ogallala Aquifer, showing how much of the nation would be affected by such a project:

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2. wow, I didn't realize it was that big

nt

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3. That is also the aquifer

That T. Boone Pickens is trying to drain in his little eminent domain/wind energy scam.