Letter: Let's make deal on waste storage

Let's tell the country we are for sale. Eventually, the nuclear waste is going to come to Yucca Mountain, whether we like it or not. So why not make a deal? A lot of time, money and energy could be saved if we accept the country's nuclear waste for a price and end the protesting.

I am thinking about $5,000 per citizen, per year for the life of the storage facility. In round figures, that would be about $7.5 billion per year. We could shut up, and life could go on. This could be a bargain price for the nuclear industry, considering the billions of dollars already spent on the project.

Of course, for those looking ahead -- by the year 3000 -- Nevada residents could have been paid over 75 trillion, but who is counting, there would be many years of storage left.

DON CARDIFF

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