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Due to poverty The Goshute tribe has decided to allow nuclear waste to be dumped in their reservation. about a square mile of the reservation will be fenced off for nuclear waste, and 450 acres will be covered with concrete pads. On top will sit 16-foot tall, concrete-and-steel casks filled with radioactive rods, holding 40,000 tons of nuclear fuel. "They made that an industrial waste zone out there,'' said Bear, the Goshutes' tribal chairman and the project's main supporter. ``Nobody asked the Goshutes, 'Do you mind if we do this out here on your traditional territory?' Nobody said, 'Hey, it could be dangerous for you guys to be out here." This is the general feeling of the Goshute tribe, even though they don't want to do it it's either this or a casino, which isn't happening in Utah. The tribal counsel just hopes that this decision doesn't destroy their tribe.