Nuclear waste dump no threat, says NAS

This article is a review of the National Academy of Sciences report on the efforts to site a low-level waste repository in the Mohave Desert. This report states that there would be little threat to ground water or the Colorado River, but critics charge that the advisory group, with close ties to the nuclear industry, set forth some findings that support arguments against the project. Leakage pathways from the containers to the Colorado River are reviewed, and it is concluded that even if all the leakage of plutonium reached the river, the impact would be minimal