"We have had half a century to find a good solution to the problem of nuclear waste, and we are no closer now than we were in the 1960s. That is because there is no "good solution." We will never be able to find a risk-free method of storing nuclear waste."

U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich

"even the worst possible accident postulated by the AEC [Atomic Energy Commission] would not require evacuation of the borough of Middletown. . . it can be seen that it is unnecessary to have specific evacuation routes identified. . .")

Letter to Middletown borough officials from Metropolitan Edison, owners of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, written 5 years before the core melted. Middletown is 3 miles from the reactor.