March 18, 2011
Albert Reynolds' letter "Waste storage a political problem" (March 11) identifies the problem of dirty nuclear energy waste.
Using tax dollars to support the myth of clean coal or safe nuclear is nothing more than corporate welfare.
Virginia is now in the cross hairs of the nuclear industry wanting to mine uranium.
Virginia is having difficulty maintaining and regulating our roads.
How in the world is our state (which is not adequately funding any state agency at this time) going to adequately regulate uranium mining and milling?
Why are Virginia Republicans trying to gut Environmental Protection Agency regulations and clean water regulations?
Why is our General Assembly entertaining the idea of lifting the uranium mining moratorium in Virginia?
I think the answer lies in the monetary exchanges going on in our state between the army of corporate lobbyists and our elected public officials.
There is no shortage of uranium.
There is a worldwide shortage of clean water that continues to escalate.
The high-paying jobs of the future are not going to be located in a dirty, unhealthy state with uranium mining and contaminated water.
L.A. Armistead
Floyd, VA
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