June 19, 2002: Senator Harry Reid
June 19, 2002: Senator Harry Reid  
Podcast: The Art Bell Archive
Published On: Fri Apr 25 2025
Description: Art Bell interviews Nevada Senator Harry Reid, the assistant Democratic leader in the Senate, about the Bush administration's decision to designate Yucca Mountain as the nation's nuclear waste repository. Reid argues that President Bush betrayed his campaign promise to Nevadans by pushing forward without sound science, noting that 292 scientific investigations remain incomplete and that the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board deemed the science poor. Reid makes the case that transporting… Full show notes & guests: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/june-19-2002-senator-harry-reid/