COMMENTS ON US DEPARTMENTS OF ENERGY'S NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT DOCUMENTS FOR THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY

The Attorney General of California believes that transportating radioactive waste through California, both from commercial reactors within the state and numerous sources withou, including vestiges of the nuclear weapons program, has not been adequately analyzed by the Department of Energy ("DOE"). DOE proposes to send hundreds of trains and trucks full of radioactive waste from other states through populated areas of California without first analyzing the risks posed by various routes through the state. Proceeding with the project in the manner described in the National Environmental Policy Act documents DOE recetly released for comment could pose a threat to the people, natural resources, and environment of California.

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