If nuclear waste containment is so new and safe why are people concerned with possible breach of radioactive material? Why are politicians claiming the safety of nuclear waste containment? Why are they claiming new technology is nothing to be afraid of?
All these questions beg other questions. If the “new and safe” containment is really safe, why haven’t other states been willing to take the nuclear waste? Why hasn’t the federal government been using this “new and safe” containment in Yucca Mountain? Why hasn’t the federal government finally selected a permanent location for nuclear waste? Considering the federal government started after World War 2 to locate a permanent location, starting with Yucca Mountain, why haven’t they finished it? It’s been seventy years!
Politicians, from the federal and state governments, to county commissioners, city and town councils, have claimed “new and safe” containment. What do they know that the public does not? If these politicians are so smart and know so much, why haven’t they imparted this knowledge to the public instead of just parroting sales pitches by company representatives and investors?
And just how did these smart people test the “new and safe” containment method, considering uranium 238 has a half-life of about 4.468 billion years? And in very much less time, we see past and current containment methods are plagued with issues that raised several safety concerns.
Below is just one concerning issue with government activities and how it circumvents the peoples’ concerns:
“In one example, the CEQ1, proposes to change the word “possible” to the word “practicable” which then allows agencies complete unfettered discretion to pollute and harm the environment as much as they wish. It’s as much of a joke as the Department of Energy’s ‘As Low As Reasonably Achievable’ (ALARA) radiation policy – it is utterly meaningless while sanctifying complete discretion over radiation protection, or lack thereof, of the public and workers.”2
Is it possible the government and its operatives lie to the public? Well, let’s see. Does anyone remember the mRNA Jab? The CDC claimed it was a vaccine, yet the person who invented it stated on the record that, “it is not a vaccine”. Then after the threat of lawsuits, the CDC simply changed the definition of what a vaccine was to fit the Jab.
Another example: In 2013, when the Obama administration passed the National Defense Authorization Act which changed the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act, (officially the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act). This change allowed the U.S. government to conduct foreign propaganda campaigns, using radio, film, and cultural outreach, aimed at influencing foreign populations during the Cold War. A key point in the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act was propaganda made for foreign audiences was forbidden from being used inside the United States. Washington could not psy-op its own people.
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 allows subjecting United States citizens to the same government-crafted propaganda once reserved for foreigners.
Wow, the government and its operatives (CIA, FBI, DHS, ATF, etc.) can lie to the American people! And we are supposed to trust them that the “new and safe” nuclear waste containment is safe.!
Perhaps we should consider a traditional Russian proverb, “trust, but verify”.
1. Council on Environmental Quality (U.S. Government)
2. Environmental Defense Institute, February/March 2020 Volume 31 Number 2
