Neb. to Pay $141M Over Radioactive Dump

[Khephra]

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Nebraska will pay $141 million for blocking efforts to build a low-level radioactive waste dump but will not be obligated to allow a dump in the state, under the settlement of a lawsuit accepted Monday by a five-state compact.

The dump was to have been built in the northeast part of the state and take waste from the compact, which consists of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas.

U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf in Lincoln had ruled in 2002 that former Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson, now a U.S. senator, engaged in a politically motivated and orchestrated plot to keep the regional dump from being built in Nebraska.

Kopf ordered Nebraska to pay damages, but did not address the issue of where the dump should be placed.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-nuclear-dump-lawsuit,0,5543455.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

[w4rma]

1. Good for Sen. Ben Nelson! And could this article be any more biased?

"engaged in a politically motivated and orchestrated plot"

So he did his damn job in the Senate and as governor!

[hadrons]

3. "engaged in a politically motivated and orchestrated plot"

the story is just quoting what the judge said

[Rainbowreflect]

2. Stopping this dump from being built was the best thing

Ben Nelson ever did. I worked with an organization for 18 months to try and stop this dump.
Building a radioactive waste dump in an area with one of the greatest levels of ground water in country was an incredibly stupid idea.