An audio recording by Oregon Congressman Les AuCoin condemning a proposal to ship large amounts of nuclear waste to the Hanford Nuclear Site. Weeks prior to the proposal, the U.S. Department of Energy won the right to designate Nevada's Yucca Mountain as the national nuclear repository. AuCoin states the Hanford Site is amongst one the most polluted sites in the world, and while some radioactive materials had already seeped through into the ground and the Columbia River, the Department of Energy was planning to expand the site. This is one episode from AuCoin's biweekly radio show on Jefferson Public Radio (JPR), which ran after he had retired from office. The majority of episodes feature his commentary on current political events or personal life updates, often focusing on issues important to southern Oregon where JPR is based. This episode aired in 2002.
