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Toolkit for Public Comment |
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Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Watch of New Mexico have written a fact sheet providing information on Greater-Than-Class-C waste, analyzing the alternatives provided by the Department of Energy, and offering an alternative of their own.
Download the fact sheet.
ANA's comments can be found here.
Nuclear Watch of New Mexico's sample comments can be found here.
Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility's Comments can be found here.
Familiarize yourself with the Energy Department's presentation to help prepare your own alternatives. This PDF will hopefully be replaced with a more convenient format when available. You'll need to zoom in on the document to read it clearly.
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Resources for Public Comments on GTCC Disposal Environmental Impact Statement |
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The Department of Energy is seeking public comment on plans to dispose of radioactive waste from commercial nuclear power plants, industrial operations, and nuclear weapons activities – known as Greater-Than-Class-C (GTCC) low-level waste.
Until now, DOE has presented no strategy on how to deal with this waste, which is piling up at power plants and DOE facilities across the nation. The options put forward by the Energy Department all involve some method of burial. Decisions made for the disposal of GTCC could influence the methods used to deal with other classes of radioactive waste. It is crucial that we set safe, fair standards for dealing with GTCC waste.
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability proposes secure, hardened, retrievable storage of the waste as close to the site of generation as is safe.
Watch this space for resources helpful in commenting on the Greater-Than-Class-C low-level radioactive waste disposal Environmental Impact Statement.
Visit the Department of Energy's public information site for background and directions on how to submit comments in writing, by email, or in person at scheduled hearings listed below. Comment period closes Friday, September 21, 2007.
One Public Scoping Meeting remains:
September 10, 2007, Washington, D.C
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Hotel Washington
(Washington Room)
15th and Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, D.C.
(202) 638-5900
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Hardened On-Site Storage |
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Hardened
On-Site Storage (HOSS), storing radioactive waste in robust, secure,
facilities at, or near, the site of generation is ANA's proposed method
for dealing with GTCC radioactive waste.
HOSS is an idea that
has been around for years and offers advantages in environmental
safety, retrievability, and flexibility over DOE's plans to bury the
waste. More details about HOSS are available below:
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