Counter-argument

The Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository is an essential part of our nation's nuclear energy system. This storage facility is currently the best option for nuclear waste storage and must remain open. The Obama administration has declared that the project is to be shut down. This leaves Nuclear energy plants all around the nation with more waste to store in their already limited storage facilities.
With no other alternative, closing Yucca Mountain is the worst decision to make at this moment. If there were another alternative currently available, then this would be a great idea. However, until a new site is found, this is not what we should be doing to our nuclear energy system. Besides, energy companies have already paid billions of dollars to build Yucca mountain. With all this money already invested into the project, shutting it down will result in a major loss.