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(KSL News) -- Business leaders in Utah have a strong message about a proposal to bring nuclear waste to Utah and store it in the west desert -- "absolutely NOT!"
Today, the group formally opposed plans by Private Fuel Storage to build and operate a nuclear waste facility on the Goshute Indian Reservation.
Business leaders say hauling waste through Salt Lake's rail yards is too close to the downtown business area and would adversely effect future business activity.
Lane Beattie, President/CEO, Salt Lake Chamber: "What company in the world would want to locate their national or international headquarters 50 miles away and downwind from 44,000 metric tons of spent nuclear fuel rods? I submit you you, there's not one."
The business leaders have launched a 30-day letter writing campaign to the Bureau of Land Management, urging businesses and private citizens to send a message opposing the plan.
