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Posted at 1:27am on Jan. 18, 2008 Senator Obama? A moment of your time? No?

That's fine: I'll just run the question by your supporters, then.

By Moe Lane

Now, I understand that Senator Obama is against setting up a nuclear waste storage facility at Yucca Mountain. This is, of course, his choice - but it would normally be seen as an argument against him, from the Right's point of view. The spent nuclear fuel has to go somewhere - and thankfully, we of the VRWC don't particularly have any need to cater to the superstitions of the hardcore anti-nuke religionists, so we don't go all weak-kneed at the thought of putting it all safely in one place. But just try getting a Democratic Presidential candidate to sign off on that, especially in Nevada!

Funny thing, though. There's this Big Nuke company called Exelon - based out of Chicago, which I've heard is a city in Illinois. I refer you to remarks made by Exelon CEO John Rowe in May of 2007. Mr Rowe - who, by the way, describes himself as someone who believes that the industry is "best served by cold-blooded analysis" - declares that "permanent disposal at Yucca Mountain or a similar facility remains a long-term imperative." IOW, Exelon and other Big Nuke companies are handling things in the short term, but something more permanent needs to be done.

And in what is apparently one of those interesting coincidences, our cold-blooded analyst Mr. Rowe - along with what looks to be most of the rest of Exelon's management - is a supporter of, of all people, Senator Barack Obama! At least $150,000 in this cycle. And, before you ask: John McCain was next, and he got $17,000.

Now, we all know that the government's pretty much locked into to Yucca Mountain at this point, which means that talk of alternates is just that: talk. I repeat: we all know, and in that I include both the Big Nuke people, and their beneficiaries. So, my question is this:

When I hear Senator Obama speaking about how he's opposed to the Nevada facility, I don't actually have to worry that he's telling the truth, right? It'd be a bit of a relief if he was instead just sensibly lying about it until after the election was over.

Moe

PS: Come now, let's have no hesitation in the answer, here. This has been known for some time.

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