The public should also be concerned about property values along and near these routes. Given the number of shipments and the vast population affected, people may follow the course taken in Santa Fe and turn to the courts to protect what for many is their most substantial investment, their homes. D.C. Cook nuclear plant is supposed to supply power to northeast Indiana. Cook, which is located near Warren Dunes in Michigan, has been shut down for over two years as a result of safety concerns. This figure does not include the millions it will cost to decommission Cook after it has been shut down for good, or to dispose of Cook s nuclear fuel.
Nuclear power appears more and more to be a financial black hole for taxpayers for decades to come.
At an August Rally, Naomi Butorac, of CAC's South Bend Office, was one of several speakers who argued against spending millions to restart AEP's D.C. Cook nuclear plant. Urge him to maintain his position and not to succumb to industry pressure. Please urge Senator Richard Lugar to change his position and to oppose the nuclear industry s bid to expose Hoosiers to the unwarranted financial and health threats posed by shipping highly toxic nuclear waste through Indiana. Sen. Evan Bayh 380 Russell Sen. Ofc.