“I Hear the Cold Part of the Cold War Is Over”
Herblock used irony to contrast the metaphorical heat from radioactive waste with the decrease of Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. The dissolution of the Soviet satellite state structure in 1989–1990 significantly reduced an external threat to the United States. But as the federal government sought solutions for the long-term storage of nuclear waste from weapons, local governments and citizen groups resisted. Site plans included Yucca Mountain in Nevada; Boyd County, Nebraska; and Hudspeth County, Texas.
Herblock used irony to contrast the metaphorical heat from radioactive waste with the decrease of Cold War tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States. The dissolution of the Soviet satellite state structure in 1989–1990 significantly reduced an external threat to the United States. But as the federal government sought solutions for the long-term storage of nuclear waste from weapons, local governments and citizen groups resisted. Site plans included Yucca Mountain in Nevada; Boyd County, Nebraska; and Hudspeth County, Texas.