Why+Now?_Pedlt3

I suppose the strange thing about answering this question is that my project deals with wastes that will be dangerous for a very long time, so, in some sense, it could always wait. The site also has a long and interesting history, which perhaps means that I've already waited too long.

However, there are a some good reasons why the time should be now:
 * 1) Downwinders are still in the process of suing for compensation
 * 2) Things could get interesting if there is any movement on siting a permanent repository
 * 3) We are in a context of deep austerity, which may well have a huge environmental, economic, and political impact.
 * 4) With the expansion of fracking and, perhaps, environmental disasters, as well as Fukushima, the BP spill, etc., an ethnographies of remediation efforts and politics could be very relevant.