Comments for aBadReid.com http://abadreid.com/blog Information Describing Senator Harry Reid's Bad Performance for the State of Nevada Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:11:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Yucca Mountain by Yea, no lie about the law suites http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-140 Yea, no lie about the law suites Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:11:29 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-140 Yup, the fines are just starting: On Friday, Feb 26 2010, a federal court awarded Energy Northwest nearly $57 million in damages from the Energy Department for breach of contract for failing to take the utility's spent nuclear fuel, which was to have gone to Yucca Mountain. Looks like the tip of the iceberg. BTW, these fines come out of OUR tax dollars. Can't even imagine how much this is going to cost us as now a precedence has been set, with many, many more utility companies to follow! Yup, the fines are just starting:

On Friday, Feb 26 2010, a federal court awarded Energy Northwest nearly $57 million in damages from the Energy Department for breach of contract for failing to take the utility’s spent nuclear fuel, which was to have gone to Yucca Mountain.

Looks like the tip of the iceberg. BTW, these fines come out of OUR tax dollars. Can’t even imagine how much this is going to cost us as now a precedence has been set, with many, many more utility companies to follow!

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by And the suits will continue http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-139 And the suits will continue Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:15:39 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-139 Also note, business leaders in Washington state are bringing suit against the DOE as reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal below (note that these litigation costs will come out of our tax dollars to the tune of tens of billions if the decisions go against the DOE): WASHINGTON -- Three business leaders from the area around the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state say they plan to file a lawsuit March 1 to stop the Obama administration from shutting down the Yucca Mountain Project. Terminating the site would leave stranded millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks at Hanford, they said. The waste was to be converted to glass logs for disposal in the proposed nuclear waste repository, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. "Based on the fast track of this action to cancel the Yucca Mountain Project, we felt that a lawsuit was necessary to avoid irreparable impact to our community," Bob Ferguson, one of the expected plaintiffs, said at a news conference in Richland, Wash. The businessmen sent a letter last week to President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu to protest the administration's plan to withdraw the Department of Energy's repository construction application. "As far as we know, they did not consult with our community, and therefore, we believe the impacts on our community and the environment have not been addressed," Ferguson said. "They have not given any scientific reasons for their decision to circumvent the law, and there are just too many unanswered questions." Also note, business leaders in Washington state are bringing suit against the DOE as reported by the Las Vegas Review Journal below (note that these litigation costs will come out of our tax dollars to the tune of tens of billions if the decisions go against the DOE):

WASHINGTON — Three business leaders from the area around the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state say they plan to file a lawsuit March 1 to stop the Obama administration from shutting down the Yucca Mountain Project.

Terminating the site would leave stranded millions of gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks at Hanford, they said. The waste was to be converted to glass logs for disposal in the proposed nuclear waste repository, 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

“Based on the fast track of this action to cancel the Yucca Mountain Project, we felt that a lawsuit was necessary to avoid irreparable impact to our community,” Bob Ferguson, one of the expected plaintiffs, said at a news conference in Richland, Wash.

The businessmen sent a letter last week to President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu to protest the administration’s plan to withdraw the Department of Energy’s repository construction application.

“As far as we know, they did not consult with our community, and therefore, we believe the impacts on our community and the environment have not been addressed,” Ferguson said. “They have not given any scientific reasons for their decision to circumvent the law, and there are just too many unanswered questions.”

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by Let the Law Suits Begin http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-138 Let the Law Suits Begin Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:06:00 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-138 Here is the first official law suit registration by Aiken County South Carolina that brings suit against the DOE and its Energy Secretary Chu. http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/pdfs/blogs/documents/2010/02/22/In_Re_Aiken_County_No_10-1050_Petition_2010-02-19.pdf Here is the first official law suit registration by Aiken County South Carolina that brings suit against the DOE and its Energy Secretary Chu.

http://media.lasvegassun.com/media/pdfs/blogs/documents/2010/02/22/In_Re_Aiken_County_No_10-1050_Petition_2010-02-19.pdf

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by Good Article http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-137 Good Article Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:46:48 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-137 I agree with the Wil Hylton HuffingtonPost's article above. I can't see HOW this administration thinks storing the waste at the individual facilities is safer (for the long term future) after reading that! I agree with the Wil Hylton HuffingtonPost’s article above. I can’t see HOW this administration thinks storing the waste at the individual facilities is safer (for the long term future) after reading that!

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by Concerned Taxpayer http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-136 Concerned Taxpayer Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:45:30 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-136 So now the floodgates will open with South Carolina leading the way in lawsuits against the federal government. This could amount to the tune of tens of billions of dollars that WILL be payed via the taxpayers of this nation. Sort of makes that 200 million a year price tag for continuing the license investigation (which only needed two more years) seem like a bargain! So now the floodgates will open with South Carolina leading the way in lawsuits against the federal government. This could amount to the tune of tens of billions of dollars that WILL be payed via the taxpayers of this nation.

Sort of makes that 200 million a year price tag for continuing the license investigation (which only needed two more years) seem like a bargain!

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by Yucca Contractor http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-134 Yucca Contractor Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:44:25 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-134 I finally realized that Harry Reid is not as stupid as I thought he was. By closing the Yucca Mountain Project, hundreds of well-paid federal government and contractor employees will be forced to seek employment outside the state of Nevada. He knows that this will add a commensurate number of houses to the already long list of houses in forecloure in Las Vegas. Therefore, he arranges for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase their foreclosure SWAT team in Las Vegas. He actually gets it! I trust that the voters of Nevada get it too when they go to the polls in November 2010 and vote Reid out of office. I finally realized that Harry Reid is not as stupid as I thought he was. By closing the Yucca Mountain Project, hundreds of well-paid federal government and contractor employees will be forced to seek employment outside the state of Nevada. He knows that this will add a commensurate number of houses to the already long list of houses in forecloure in Las Vegas. Therefore, he arranges for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase their foreclosure SWAT team in Las Vegas. He actually gets it! I trust that the voters of Nevada get it too when they go to the polls in November 2010 and vote Reid out of office.

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by Been There http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-133 Been There Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:18:16 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-133 Here is an arial view (from Goggle Earth) of the underground nuclear tests that DV Fagan was referring to in his post above. http://abadreid.com/images/nuke.jpg Here is an arial view (from Goggle Earth) of the underground nuclear tests that DV Fagan was referring to in his post above.

http://abadreid.com/images/nuke.jpg

]]> Comment on Yucca Mountain by DV Fagan http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12&cpage=1#comment-132 DV Fagan Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:01:13 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=12#comment-132 I have some personal experience with the Nellis Test Range and the area to its north as I worked there for 14 years. I was once told to find a site for a new system and happened upon a bunker which had an AEC identifier and an "AEC Keep Out" sign. I once took my family sight seeing off route 6 and happened upon ground zero of a 50's vintage air burst. It was still instrumented and had a concrete cover with an open vent keeping pressure from building up under the cover. All this is only to say that after 25 years of air bursts and vented underground tests an area larger than the state of Rhode Island has radioactive waste all over it. If you were to fly over the test range, and I have, you will see regions so pock marked by air bursts that it looks more like the moon than the earth. There is no way that this nuclear junk yard will ever be used for non-military uses. Storing radioactive waste there is the best use for this area. It will not alter the quality of life there. Had Harry not made it his lifes' work to break the law, We would have concrete four lane roadways in every directions. He has cost us dearly. I have some personal experience with the Nellis Test Range and the area to its north as I worked there for 14 years. I was once told to find a site for a new system and happened upon a bunker which had an AEC identifier and an “AEC Keep Out” sign. I once took my family sight seeing off route 6 and happened upon ground zero of a 50′s vintage air burst. It was still instrumented and had a concrete cover with an open vent keeping pressure from building up under the cover. All this is only to say that after 25 years of air bursts and vented underground tests an area larger than the state of Rhode Island has radioactive waste all over it. If you were to fly over the test range, and I have, you will see regions so pock marked by air bursts that it looks more like the moon than the earth. There is no way that this nuclear junk yard will ever be used for non-military uses. Storing radioactive waste there is the best use for this area. It will not alter the quality of life there. Had Harry not made it his lifes’ work to break the law, We would have concrete four lane roadways in every directions. He has cost us dearly.

]]> Comment on Stimulus by disgusted http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=3&cpage=1#comment-131 disgusted Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:15:47 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=3#comment-131 Looks like Harry has failed Nevada once again. NO stimulus funds were acquired for a high speed train that would have helped our main industry, tourism. We need help like this like we need a hole in our head... Looks like Harry has failed Nevada once again. NO stimulus funds were acquired for a high speed train that would have helped our main industry, tourism.

We need help like this like we need a hole in our head…

]]> Comment on COMICS (New) by disgusted http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=109&cpage=1#comment-130 disgusted Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:14:04 +0000 http://abadreid.com/blog/?page_id=109#comment-130 I'm really surprised this incident (Reid's racist remarks) was swept under the rug as quickly as it was. If this was ANYONE else other than the Senate Majority Leader, they would have resigned by now. Seems his arrogance knows no bounds! I’m really surprised this incident (Reid’s racist remarks) was swept under the rug as quickly as it was. If this was ANYONE else other than the Senate Majority Leader, they would have resigned by now.

Seems his arrogance knows no bounds!

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