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Texas Billionaire Harold Simmons turning the Ogallala Aquifer into a Nuclear Dump
Excerpt from Bloomberg: Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can’t fill it.To turn it into a profitable enterprise, the Texas billionaire hired lobbyists to urge the Obama administration to expand the types of nuclear waste, including depleted uranium, the dump can accept and award his company disposal contracts. If the Nuclear Regulatory Commission changes the rule, it could open access to a market worth billions. The deadline for a decision is in 2014.
Simmons now is spending money in a new way that could improve his business prospects: He’s invested $15.9 million this election cycle in various groups to help elect Republicans, who advocate easing regulations on the nuclear industry. He has vowed to contribute an additional $16 million in order to make sure Obama gets voted out of office. This makes a total of $36 million in political contributions to anti-Obama candidates – more than any other single contributor.
http://thecentristword.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/is-texas-billionaire-harold-simmons-going-to-turn-the-ogallala-aquifer-into-a-nuclear-dump/
Does anyone have an update on this? This post was written 2 weeks ago.
