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 . . . . Call President Bush today . . . .

Once a radioactive waste dump is built in Nevada,
its noxious waste, which remains deadly for
hundreds of thousands of years, will migrate off
Yucca Mountain and into the aquifers beneath Death
Valley and then west towards the coast.

Any well dug, any mine staked surrounding Yucca
Mountain will -- for the next 200,000 years -- 
likely result in radiation sickness and death.

The question is this:

Can we be so confident in our technical expertise
that we can honestly protect future generations
from a 200,000 year long threat?

President Bush will likely sign-off on Yucca
Mountain within the next three days. We need to
let him know that such a decision bears dire
political repercussions.

ADD YOUR VOICE TO THE NEVADA OPPOSITION! Call or e-mail
or fax the White House. Tell President Bush to
reject the Yucca Mountain Project!

CALL: The White House comment line: 202-456-1414

FAX: 202-456-2461 or send a fax for free through Public
Citizen's website:
http://www.citizen.org/fax/background.cfm?id=28&source=7

E-MAIL: president@whitehouse.gov

BACKGROUND via Public Citizen:
Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is the only site under
consideration for a proposed repository for 77,000
tons of high-level radioactive waste from the U.S.
weapons complex and commercial nuclear reactors.
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham is expected to
formally recommend the project to the president as
early as Saturday (February 16th). Yesterday, the
Washington Post and others reported that Nevada
Governor Kenny Guinn and the Nevada Congressional
delegation would meet today with President Bush to
urge him to reject the site recommendation.


SAMPLE TEXT FOR FAX AND E-MAIL via Public Citizen:

Dear President Bush:

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham is preparing to
recommend that a high-level nuclear waste dump be
developed at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. I urge you to
reject this recommendation.

Last November, the Department of Energy (DOE)
Inspector General found evidence of apparent
conflict of interest involving legal contractors
working on the Yucca Mountain Project that
undermines the credibility of the pending site
recommendation. In December, the General Accounting
Office concluded that a site recommendation at this
time would be premature because the DOE lacks the
research and data to substantiate its repository
proposal. Subsequently, in a letter dated January 24,
2002, the presidentially appointed Nuclear Waste
Technical Review Board advised Congress that "the
technical basis for the DOE's repository performance
estimates is weak to moderate."

If high-level nuclear waste is dumped at Yucca
Mountain, the DOE's own analysis indicate that it
would be only a question of when - not if - dangerous
radiation would contaminate the surrounding
environment. In addition, the prospect of transporting
the proposed 77,000 tons of high-level nuclear waste
through as many as 45 states puts millions of Americans
at risk.

Please protect public health and safety and oppose the
Yucca Mountain Project.

Sincerely,

[YOUR NAME AND COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS]



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 Jonathan Parfrey
 Executive Director
 Physicians for Social Responsibility, Los Angeles
 3250 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1400
 Los Angeles, CA 90010-1438
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