A couple of recent headlines

EPA administrator to push relaxed rules for Nevada's Yucca Mountain

EPA administrator and former Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt is preparing to waive another set of federal radiation rules to help the Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste dump open as planned in 2010.Salt Lake Tribune; 09/21/2004

Utah Senators fight to restore funding for downwinders

A Senate Committee slashed $72 million from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act trust fund, setting up a possible repeat performance of 2001 when the fund ran out of money and the government issued IOUs to sick uranium workers.Salt Lake Tribune; 09/24/2004