Yucca Mountain “wake” set for ghostbar
Yucca Mountain activists plan to celebrate the pending demise of their long-reviled nemesis at a "wake" to be held next Tuesday at ghostbar.
Former U.S. Senator Richard Bryan will deliver the eulogy for the nuclear waste project, and others who want to offer their memories of the long fight against the Department of Energy can do so, said longtime activist Judy Treichel.
The party was put together after the Department of Energy filed paperwork this week seeking to terminate its construction license application.
The request still must be approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, but Treichel said the end is in sight. That brings smiles to groups like Citizen Alert and the Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force that have been fighting for decades against storing high level nuclear waste in the state.
"We are just so happy," Treichel said. "It is delightful. I always thought we were going to win, but you are always surprised when it happens.
Jenna and Michael Morton of the N9ne Group that runs the bars and the restaurants at the Palms are making ghostbar available for the party, Treichel said.
