As we have
been working on our grant application for weeks now we are trying to
assemble a document that reviews both the past and current circumstances
concerning the Yucca Mountain facility. We hope this document will
provide a successful educational program to Nevada citizens as it will
also cover an economic impact study of the Yucca facility and literature
to detail the economics as well as communication to all political,
business associations and agency stakeholders. It will call for action
by Nevada citizens to bring this issue to a public legislative
referendum. This is something that this program has needed for the past
30 years in order to allow the TRUE will of Nevada's citizens.
Ellen and I will be in Idaho Falls August 6th through the 11th. As indicated we are currently drafting a Grant Application Proposal
for the purpose of educating Nevada citizens about the potential
advantages of the Yucca Mountain Project to Nevada's economy and the
importance of its establishment to the American public.
The Obama administration's Blue Ribbon Commission on Yucca Mountain has recommended that our country must locate a "community and state friendly"
site for America's nuclear storage facility. The mission of our grant
application is to secure an estimated 3 million dollars in grant funding
directly and specifically for the purpose of providing Nevada's
citizens the educational materials via media distribution to provide
them with facts and educate our grassroots public that Yucca Mountain
must be brought to a Public Referendum.
Our recommendation calls for the transition of the Yucca Repository from a "government entity" to establishing it as a "Public-Private Partnership",
specified by government but built and managed by private
foundation-business. There are some 26 nationwide stakeholders who
support this resolution to a failed national political policy. We
believe that this operational structure may be more amenable to unifying
forward progress than other directions in the past.
On this trip we hope to be meeting with several of our contacts at the Idaho national laboratory. We would also like to state that although our discussions may be critical of the Department of Energy and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
we fully and wholeheartedly support the programs and efforts of our
U.S. National Laboratories. They provide the science to solving many of
our issues but they should not be influenced by political bureaucracy. Visit the INL website:
It
has taken a few years but we have finally added our grandson Toby to
become our social media advisor. He has already started contributing by
adding text, photos and documents to our Facebook website which, after
its initial establishment has been relatively dormant simply because of
the time required to post and respond to comments. You can take a look
at his activity below.
USNEF Facebook Page
INDUSTRY PERCEPTION OF USNEF: We would like to state that we believe that our nuclear advocacy mission has been a truthful dialogue
of what we believe has taken place throughout this industry and our
ongoing struggle with nuclear waste disposal. It is very difficult, if
not impossible to speak the truth without offending some portion
of the industry, politics, bureaucracy, stakeholders etc. However we do
feel that it is important that things be said rather than issues being
placated and unresolved. Relative to this position is the reason that we
are not supported by the nuclear industry, its associations, government
agencies or other stakeholders. The eventual resolution to all these
things is humanities return to truthful moral character.
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