m;i')/artcl I)26/Erown i nQ/LY NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D. C. 205*M DOCKCET CONTROL Reply to: CENTER 1050 Eest Flamingo Rd. Suite 319 , N Qdj X 44A :26 Te1: (702) 383-6125 FTS: 598-612S5

Mr., Robert E. Browning, Director

FROM: Paul T. Prestholt, Sr. OR - NNWSI

DATE: July lC), 1986

I_'J5,- FCT: New'spaper Articles

-ic-ase finu atta.C-,U tI-he 1%i---;-.I I-c.l 'L a r 1....C I&s ' -vr appeared in our local newspapers. .airq!in,I believe you will find them of interest.

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.~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Reid ~lau'n'chi'efs le't'teirdrive- against nuke'dump *By Vaughn Rocho * < ' .. -'- !: Dabinst highleve~el.nucte .YuccatMountAn 90 r ile.norho h,-f!" -from' * an electi6n, to simply criticize ..Revlew-Joume- Santiniinow said. "What I want to wvestof Lan Vegas, is believed to., a lt and Hecht could not be the selection process." Rep. , D-Nev., asked is, where were yo iwhen we needed .:-offer ideal conditions; for undis-,, reached forfomment.'i •4 During the press conference, -l .Nevadans and hig congressional col-, -you, Harry?" QX . :turbedetorage ofthe highly radioe-. "Senators Lexalt ard Hecht have also expressed anger toward Sari 'leagues ?%Nonday to sign a letter tell- ! Reid' has 'called "thi vetousele,'' ?tieniaterial, which .vwold remain yet to state their unconditional op- for what he said were negative re- ing President Reagan,6f the state's.-pointingout that Congress'canovet--' >'deadly for at.least 10,000 years. -,r. position to the dump," Reid paid.. marks made about his family. He opposition to its possible selection': ride it and'that~congresional~de~e^- .? ,The pOE.conthnues to studyuyInsted, the tlheyhave criticized. the ,' said Santini-had said he felt sorry as a site for a nuclear waste reposi.('gates fro t heei'states at 5 .'s5s uitabilityv despite 'protests ,selectlon p s, :: !- ," , for the family for having to substi- tory. . * f unlikey to'rpholdthe veto if there from"'Reid and 's t&ree Re- ;.., "This yeal, thebuclear issue per- tute for Reid in the campaign for , Reid, a U.S. Senaite candidete',isachancethelr..tateieould bethe&'publcan,,congressional,,&elegates,omeates eveyfacet of our,.public.. Nevada's rural counties. ,said he agreed-Qi'th Reagan's recent alternative repbsltory site. .. .w Although not declaring absolute op-. agenda. It is not enough for my con- . "I'm proud of the fact that my 'statement that the issue should not: .'. Reid said other..states';position thatwere to the repository, ,the Re- - greisional bolleagues to issue tate-' family is campaigning for me," Reid 'be a partisan.one-'and~invited Re-.'considered forl-s eend'epositor;'cpt blicans have"uestioned .the ob-t- .ments frfiioWashington;:, D.C., said. "I don't have the luxury of publicans to lofnf,,him- and Demo-;f site, such as Maine, had been iled ?jectlvityof the selection process and' 'about their'iysltions on this-crucial having Paul Lat, , cratic Gov; in bipare- 'out, he presumed,.beus 'potitlcal~'have 'attempted jtto 'cut off study, issue.. .' - -'- , . Barbara ,Vucanovich and Ronald tisanoppositio,--".v 'r . leaderssin,those sthes weelunlfied " fundV '*' '"I firmlj blie' that theInci- Reagan t campaignforme. Hef said rallies '~il be held at Lor-:; iitheif opposit~6iiWon i pio . -. Reidpsaphisoetnter s a ceiaenge sioi of my6ollealues' fsthi'bajo: .i However,, Santini said he did not enzi Park in Las Vegas on July, 19gThe search for-& g.ef repository -,to U.S..Sens. and' Chic :reason Neviadals now being eonsid-. 'object to Reid's family's involve- and in Reno on-Juuly 26.t dramatize isite has beet dela;ddnd.lfinitely4.*'e't Hecht 'md p:tBarbaraVucano- . ;ered as one o fits for'a high- ment inthe campaign but rather to the drive for signat~res ' - Reid said.hisleWtkINY1 rfcaytli t clarifn' nbich cafljtheir ''level dump,? Reid' savoidance of campaign ap- Reid's Republican.opp'onent in' message:"Mr. P.'ident; we in'tW icerte~n snd oitheIsue ;- Reid said'h Re- ublican'dele-: perances in cities such as Elko, the Senate race,,;Jim. Santini,, <.vada. hale dly,. giv'en to' our coun---Reid cafled theeublicn dele- gates have refused for three r to' 'E' ly, Battle Mountain and others. sponded by calling the'letter-signing" try f6r many years,, but we 'do-Tn' 't"Otes' opposltitn "token" and ques- join him in'opposing the repository. . "Harry apparently limits hie- drive "an election year: stunt." He 'want to be, the ;repository-jor'-?t h,-.tioned.whether.they hadt-agreed e He said they have voiced their qual.:,, sonal campaigning in rural Nk a 'said.his own opp6sition'dates-thbc. , hublear wste.of EAtern-states if'^.-. dtttly" not ;toeithe .'state's: ' fied resistaee'to" the repository1 . because he refused those citizen the 'tober 1979, 'when 'h Wa A Den666 ;derrany condifitiEr,`)ow *tt ,o selti'nfor: only'in the ORt 110tnmonthsI; ,'courtesy and retponsibility of public craticc mf 'i -. . 1t, >'

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