What's A Little Atomic Waste Between Friends?

Recently, Nevada list it’s appeal to the block the new nuclear waste dump..ummm “site” at Yukka mountain.

Hey, at least they’re getting it stuffed into a mountain! Looks like Columbia, S.C. isn’t so lucky.

Fifteen tanks holding deadly atomic waste at a nuclear weapons complex along the Savannah River have cracked, rusted or leaked, according to federal inspection reports.

Westinghouse Savannah River Co., which runs the site for the U.S. Department of Energy, says some tanks are within 8 to 10 feet of the water table, raising concerns. But Dean Campbell, a spokesman for Westinghouse, says the government does not know of any tanks that currently are leaking.

How nice.