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What do we do with Yucca now?

Las Vegas Weekly Staff

Tue, Feb 9, 2010 (4:41 p.m.)

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Six Flags Yucca Mountain!

Illustration: J. Alex Stamos

Thanks to President Obama, the nuke-waste repository will soon be mothballed. If only there was a way to somehow repurpose the facility. Heck, even Sen. Harry Reid has said, “We should be able to use it for something ... other than nuclear waste.” A few suggestions: How about a nuclear-themed amusement park? Picture glowing green churros and radiant kids interacting with life-size characters like Half-Life the Slowly Decaying Isotope and Oozy the Sealed Storage Cask.

Or perhaps a brothel? Not only would that shaft offer the ultimate in privacy, it would help revive Nevada’s beleaguered double-entendre industry.

A bat cave for Jim Gibbons?

Or perhaps just this: a burial site for the hopes and dreams of all Nevadans as lawmakers continue dismantling the state.

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The governor wants to cut healthcare, needs of seniors and education. Kids can attain a lack luster schooling experience, work real hard for min wage, and get old with no assistance available. So why not open 'Yucca Day Care Center'. Seniors can check in but never check out!

Posted by: lvcanyonrunner on 2/9/10 at 5:43 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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