Reply #11: Sure it's the waste, but not just the waste.

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How about this? http://www.state.nv.us/nucwaste/news2001/nn11105.htm

Dr. Sternglass said the data indicates that cancer mortality in the counties surrounding the power plant - Somervell, Hood, Johnson and Erath - increased dramatically, 27 percent, during the second five-year period while the rate for the state increased 15 percent for the same period.

In Hood County, breast cancer increased 190 percent over the previous five-year period, and total breast cancer deaths for all four counties increased by 51 percent while the statewide increase was 12 percent for the same period.

Nuclear power isn't clean or safe. The fact that we haven't had a major tragedy here speaks to good engineering and LUCK. Nuclear is not the answer.