Republicans top donor is nuclear waste dump billionaire

[Quantum Windbag]

The usual parade of con apologists are making their appearance on the thread.

Do you think Chris is right that the radiation from watch dials will contaminate the Ogallala Aquifier and poison Texas? Do you even know what low level nuclear waste is?

Low-level waste includes items that have become contaminated with radioactive material or have become radioactive through exposure to neutron radiation. This waste typically consists of contaminated protective shoe covers and clothing, wiping rags, mops, filters, reactor water treatment residues, equipments and tools, luminous dials, medical tubes, swabs, injection needles, syringes, and laboratory animal carcasses and tissues. The radioactivity can range from just above background levels found in nature to very highly radioactive in certain cases such as parts from inside the reactor vessel in a nuclear power plant. Low-level waste is typically stored on-site by licensees, either until it has decayed away and can be disposed of as ordinary trash, or until amounts are large enough for shipment to a low-level waste disposal site in containers approved by the Department of Transportation.

NRC: Low-Level Waste

Given that low level waste has a very short half life, and that contamination from it is actually a minimal risk, can you give any sound scientific reason that a disposal site shouldn't be built in your backyard?

 

[Quantum Windbag]

The Japanese have shut down all their nuclear plants except one.

That proves that...

I don't see what it proves.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Nuclear issues aside for the moment, there is the issue that the guy's huge political donations will almost certainly earn him what he is after and no one involved will feel the slightest bit of shame.

Shame about what?

 

[Full-Auto]

Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can’t fill it.

To turn it into a profitable enterprise, the Texas billionaire hired lobbyists to urge the Obama administration to expand the types of nuclear waste, including depleted uranium, the dump can accept and award his company disposal contracts. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission changes the rule, it could open access to a market worth billions. The deadline for a decision is in 2014.

Simmons now is spending money in a new way that could improve his business prospects: He’s invested $15.9 million this election cycle in various groups to help elect Republicans, who advocate easing regulations on the nuclear industry.

The largest chunk of Simmons’s campaign cash -- $12 million -- has gone to American Crossroads, a so-called super political action committee that takes unlimited donations and has a stated mission of defeating President Barack Obama. He has given at least $700,000 to Restore Our Future, a super-PAC backing Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination whose call for a fast-tracked permitting process for new nuclear plants could benefit Simmons’s Waste Control Specialists LLC.

Republican Donor Simmons Seeks Rule to Fill Texas Dump - Businessweek

So he petitioned government like the people did for solyndra.

Well not quite he isnt a Obama bundler, I can see why you are upset.

Some investments work out and some don't. Even Mitt Romney said that. Most corporations don't do that much "research" because it's expensive and risky. The bulk of the research done in the US comes from government spending and Universities. Everyone knows that. It's the backbone of the scientific part of our nation's economy. The best example is NASA. Only a fraction of NASA's research has led to anything. But it still has produced thousands of patents sold to or licensed by industry bringing in billions in revenue.

How come right wingers don't know these common FACTS?????

Honestly, I'm mystified. Are they indoctrinated against knowing anything important? Is it the inbreeding? The racism? What? Are they all autistic? Brain damaged? What is it?

Government does play a role. So it should never be politicized. Yet that is the heart of the dem argument, PAY OUR BUDDIES.

 

[The T]

He's a billionaire, he must be evil.

Unlike Soros whom to them is a GOD and not to be questioned as Soros pulls Obama's strings...

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Thje Statists show thier usual ineptness:
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[Quantum Windbag]

In the fall of 2004, Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists applied for a license to build a low-level nuclear waste dump in Andrews County, Texas, a dusty oil patch along the New Mexico border. In its filings and press releases, the company argued that the site was ideal because it sat atop “500 feet of impermeable red-bed clay,” meaning there was virtually no chance of radiation leaking out and tainting the water supply.

Still, there were reasons to be wary. Maps from the Texas Water Development Board showed the site sitting directly above the Ogallala Aquifer, a massive but shallow underground reservoir, which sprawls beneath eight Great Plains states and supplies roughly a third of the nation’s irrigation water. If large quantities of radiation were to seep into this water table, the effects could be devastating. After WCS’s application came up for review, however, something curious happened: The board shifted the official boundaries of the Ogallala, a move WCS claims in its official correspondence was based partly on data the company provided, though Water Board spokeswoman Samantha Pollard argues this isn’t true. “The reevaluation stemmed from work done for the development of groundwater availability models and related projects,” she says. As it turns out, five of the board’s six members had been appointed by Gov. Rick Perry, who’s taken more than $1.2 million in campaign contributions from WCS’s owner, Harold Simmons.

The GOP’s nuke-dump donor - Salon.com

thats the same aquifer that the foreign company wanted to run their tarsand pipeline over

That is the same aquifier that is crisscrossed by thousands of miles of roads and pipelines, not to mention all the farms, factories, and dumps that are built over it.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Republicans in Texas voted for Rick Perry, and what are they getting as a result?

A nuclear waste dump right on top of their water supply.

The chickens have come to roost, Republicans.

That is almost as dumb as rdean's claim that the Ogallala Aquaifier supplies all the water for the US.

Ogallala Aquifer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

From your link:

The Ogallala Aquifer, also known as the High Plains Aquifer, is a vast yet shallow underground water table aquifer located beneath the Great Plains in the United States. One of the world's largest aquifers, it covers an area of approximately 174,000 mi² (450,000 km²) in portions of the eight states of South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. It was named in 1898 by N.H. Darton from its type locality near the town of Ogallala, Nebraska.[1]
About 27 percent of the irrigated land in the United States overlies this aquifer system, which yields about 30 percent of the nation's ground water used for irrigation. In addition, the aquifer system provides drinking water to 82 percent of the people who live within the aquifer boundary.[2]

What I said back in post #20:

Not there. Simmons wants to build his site directly over the Ogallala Aquifer, an underground reservoir, running beneath eight Great Plains states and supplies roughly a third of the nation’s irrigation water. The largest Aquifer in the US.

I'm sorry for you. Really I am. You want so bad to be perceived as more than an drooling idiot tard, but you aren't. In fact, you are definitely worse than Mitt Romney.

IS there something you just said that proves me wrong about the Ogallala not supplying fresh water to the entire country, much less Texas? If not, what the fuck is your point?

 

[Papageorgio]

Another liberal whine and cry thread that blames Republicans and yet offers no solutions just wanting to cry and blame.

 

[The T]

Another liberal whine and cry thread that blames Republicans and yet offers no solutions just wanting to cry and blame.

And HOW the entire election will GO as Statist Democrats have been in charge...

The Democrats have painted themselves into a corner. AGAIN.

 

[Chris]

 

[Chris]

 

[Harry Dresden]

has he broken any laws?

none....but he is a Republican....thats all Chrissey needs to know.....he wont mention any Democrats that are involved in this type of shit....because we all know they dont do stuff like this.....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Is there a point to this thread ?

yes the guy is a Republican.....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can’t fill it.

To turn it into a profitable enterprise, the Texas billionaire hired lobbyists to urge the Obama administration to expand the types of nuclear waste, including depleted uranium, the dump can accept and award his company disposal contracts. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission changes the rule, it could open access to a market worth billions. The deadline for a decision is in 2014.

Simmons now is spending money in a new way that could improve his business prospects: He’s invested $15.9 million this election cycle in various groups to help elect Republicans, who advocate easing regulations on the nuclear industry.

The largest chunk of Simmons’s campaign cash -- $12 million -- has gone to American Crossroads, a so-called super political action committee that takes unlimited donations and has a stated mission of defeating President Barack Obama. He has given at least $700,000 to Restore Our Future, a super-PAC backing Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination whose call for a fast-tracked permitting process for new nuclear plants could benefit Simmons’s Waste Control Specialists LLC.

Republican Donor Simmons Seeks Rule to Fill Texas Dump - Businessweek

Hey, just out of curiosity, what is your Position on On Site Reprocessing of Fuel Rods? Pro's and Con's?

I'm a firm believer in nuclear energy. I believe that scientists can work out the problems. Harold Simmons doesn't care about the problems. He's just looking to make a lot of money. He doesn't care who he fucks over.

where is your link showing what he thinks about what you just said?....or does it matter to you?.....after all the guy is a Republican....

 

[Peach]

Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can’t fill it.

To turn it into a profitable enterprise, the Texas billionaire hired lobbyists to urge the Obama administration to expand the types of nuclear waste, including depleted uranium, the dump can accept and award his company disposal contracts. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission changes the rule, it could open access to a market worth billions. The deadline for a decision is in 2014.

Simmons now is spending money in a new way that could improve his business prospects: He’s invested $15.9 million this election cycle in various groups to help elect Republicans, who advocate easing regulations on the nuclear industry.

The largest chunk of Simmons’s campaign cash -- $12 million -- has gone to American Crossroads, a so-called super political action committee that takes unlimited donations and has a stated mission of defeating President Barack Obama. He has given at least $700,000 to Restore Our Future, a super-PAC backing Mitt Romney, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination whose call for a fast-tracked permitting process for new nuclear plants could benefit Simmons’s Waste Control Specialists LLC.

Republican Donor Simmons Seeks Rule to Fill Texas Dump - Businessweek

So... Super PAC donations for Republicans are evil and should be stopped, but Super PAC donations for Obama are good and should be applauded? pathetic.

Super PAC donations to open nuclear waste dumps over aquafers should be stopped.

You really need to read the posts.

States have a lot of input in many cases.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Remember, even the Nebraska Republican Gov and the entire state legislature unanimously petitioned Obama to NOT build the oil pipeline over the same Aquifer. Republicans in DC may not give a rats ass about the rest of the country, but that doesn't mean all Republicans are morons. As Nebraska proved, they want their clean water protected. Nebraska Republicans are the reason the pipeline was rerouted.

did someone have to twist your arm to say that?....are you sure about this?....because your the guy who says ALL Republicans are the same....now you are saying they are not.....make up your mind Dean.....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Republicans in Texas voted for Rick Perry, and what are they getting as a result?

A nuclear waste dump right on top of their water supply.

The chickens have come to roost, Republicans.

That is almost as dumb as rdean's claim that the Ogallala Aquaifier supplies all the water for the US.

Ogallala Aquifer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I think we should store all of our nuclear waste in Texas.

Near the governor's mansion.

they should save a spoonful to shove up your ass....then you would be a glowing Asshole....

 

[Harry Dresden]

Is there a point to this thread ?

I think the point of the thread is to demonstrate what we all should know by now this is a crony infested system. Obama and Romney will both be bought out before the end of the election.

Until we restructure campaign finance in order to prevent this obvious pandering, we will be a nation ruled by special interest groups and corporations. Politicians don't bite the hand that feeds them.

your wrong....Democrats can not be bought.....just ask Chris or Dean....they will tell ya...

 

[Harry Dresden]

Is there a point to this thread ?

I think the point of the thread is to demonstrate what we all should know by now this is a crony infested system. Obama and Romney will both be bought out before the end of the election.

Until we restructure campaign finance in order to prevent this obvious pandering, we will be a nation ruled by special interest groups and corporations. Politicians don't bite the hand that feeds them.

The point of this thread is to show the danger in electing Republicans.

see what i mean?....

 

[Harry Dresden]

The usual parade of con apologists are making their appearance on the thread.

and the usual parade of Democratic Automatons have also made their appearance....so what else have you got?....