Thanks to this link (found via This Modern World), I now know that I live a short 12.9 miles from the nearest nuclear waste route and only 73.2 miles from the nearest nuclear waste source, Three Mile Island. Apparently, a total of 3,154 nuclear waste shipments will pass through Pennsylvania on the way to the proposed dump site in Yucca Mountain — although that number skyrockets to 21,225 if the waste is shipped by truck instead of train. Currently, there is 3,950 metric tons of nuclear waste in the state. And at the completion of the Yucca Mountain Project? 4,193 metric tons. I’m no math whiz, but geez. Still think Yucca Mountain is a good idea?

There are also maps of potential nuclear waste accident scenarios, including one as nearby as Allentown (pdf file). But it’s okay, right? I’m sure our government has nothing but our best interests at heart.