Nuclear waste is a huge problem in our world today, but it also makes the world we know possible. The problem is that we've reached the point where we're producing it faster than we can store it. Everyone will agree that trash obviously needs to be stored somewhere, but we can also agree that we don't want it stored or transported to our backyards. The government's goal is to store waste in one location, Yucca Mountain, instead of dispersing it across the country. To do this, all existing waste must be removed from its location, placed in some type of safe transportation, and shipped across cities, states, and even the country. With the massive quantities of waste that must be transported to the site, people living near the railway tracks and routes that would be used for the waste would be in serious danger if exposed to these chemicals. There is a significant risk of exposing communities, towns and cities to chemicals that could cause a Chernobyl-sized accident, which is not worth the possible positive aspects of the project. Placing all of the nation's trash in Yucca Mountain is an environmental injustice in itself, as it is stored nearby and transported through our nation's hometowns and major cities. The Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful participation of all people.” persons without regard to race, color, sex, national origin or income with respect to the development, implementation and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies. In simpler terms, this means that something constitutes environmental injustice if the environment or any of the people living in it are knowingly mistreated. Nuclear waste cases have been among the m...... middle of the press ......r Waste Management in the United States: Starting OverRodney C. Ewing and Frank N. von HippelScience, New Series , Flight. 325, n° 5937 (July 10, 2009), pp. 151-152Published by: American Association for the Advancement of ScienceArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20536586The road to Yucca Mountain: the development of radioactive waste policy in the United States by J. Samuel WalkerReviewed by: BRIAN BALOGHTechnology and Culture, Vol. 52, no. 2 (April 2011), pp. 417-418Published by: The Johns Hopkins University Press and the Society for the History of TechnologyArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23020592Risk Perception, Ambiguity, and Transport of Nuclear WasteMary RiddelSouthern Economic Journal, Vol. 75, no. 3 (January 2009), pp. 781-797Published by: Southern Economic AssociationArticle Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27751415