Skull Valley: Radioactive Waste and the American West, circa 2001

Item — cassette: 66

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Scope and Contents

The vast landscape of Utah's West Desert has become a crossroads for a national energy, safety and accountability crisis. Already surrounded by military, chemical, and radiation hazards, the small Skull Valley Band of the Goshute Indian tripe may partner with a consortium of nuclear power utilities to store 80 million pounds of spent uranium fuel rods from the nation's nuclear power plants for up to 40 years. With federal approval, an above ground storage plan would move forward on the tribe's reservation lands, despite the opposition of Utah's governor, the state legislature, and public sentiment. Balanced and in-depth, Ken Verdoia's Skull Valley: Radioactive waste and the American West details a full-blown power struggle that pits government against government, culture against culture, and leaves little room for public concern to be addressed. It's one of the most compelling public policy crises of the new century, and at the center of the controversy is arguably the most lethal industrial waste ever produced by man. 90 minutes.

Dates

circa 2001

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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