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Heart of America Northwest Citizen Guide to GNEP PEIS | |
| | published Wednesday, December 03, 2008 | 88 Views :: 0 Comments | |
| | | published Monday, December 01, 2008 | 286 Views :: 0 Comments |
Contact Information:
Heart of America Northwest Office: (206)382-1014
Gerald Pollet, JD; Executive Director (cell: 206-819-9015)
For Release: November 25, 2008
The northwest's leading watchdog organization on Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup is applauding Governor Christine Gregoire and Attorney General Rob McKenna for the lawsuit they will file tomorrow to force more and faster cleanup at Hanford.
"Filing this lawsuit is the only way to get this deadly waste out of the tanks before they leak," says Gerald Pollet, executive director of Heart of America Northwest. "Contrary to what the critics are saying, this is not going to slow down cleanup, it is going to speed up cleanup. And whatever the outcome of the lawsuit, we're certain it will prompt emptying of the tanks sooner than the 140 years that the current administration envisions."
"Negotiations have gone on for more than two years while the contamination has spread and DOE has gotten it's way. The only thing that will move cleanup forward on an acceptable timetable is going to court," Pollet said
He noted that evidence also continues to mount that leaks from Hanford's high level nuclear waste tanks is spreading much more rapidly than the energy department claimed was possible while they have spent years slowing down cleanup and dragging their feet
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| | | published Monday, December 01, 2008 | 461 Views :: 0 Comments |
Federal Plan to Double Nuclear Power Relies on Dumping More Highly Radioactive Waste at Hanford Energy Department Hearings This Week Exclude Seattle, Portland and Spokane – only NW hearings to be in Tri-Cities (Monday) and Hood River (Tuesday)
Download pdf: Heart of America Northwest Press Release 08.11.17.pdf
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| | | published Monday, November 17, 2008 | 427 Views :: 0 Comments |
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA) objects to the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS)’s support for reprocessing of high level radioactive waste. As stated in the draft PEIS, GNEP intends to provide nuclear power that is safe, secure and economical while “reducing the impacts associated with spent nuclear fuel disposal and reducing proliferation risks.” ANA, however, finds that the GNEP proposal would actually exacerbate the inherent proliferation, cost, safety, waste, and security risks associated with nuclear power.
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| | | published Monday, November 17, 2008 | 867 Views :: 0 Comments |
COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel too risky
Saturday, November 15, 2008 3:20 AM
By Bob Alvarez
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push for new nuclear reactors became a top-tier issue in the
presidential race. Yet one aspect of the debate received little
attention: reprocessing spent nuclear fuel. This issue is especially
relevant to Ohio, where the U.S. Energy Department has considered
locating such a facility near Portsmouth.
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| | | published Friday, November 14, 2008 | 594 Views :: 0 Comments |
For use in the public comment period on DOE’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Nov.-Dec. 2008
Compiled by Kevin Kamps, Radioactive Waste Watchdog at Beyond Nuclear
For more information: kevin@beyondnuclear.org, www.beyondnuclear.org, (301) 270-2209x1
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To the Editor:
The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a report recommending that, after a 30 year hiatus, the United States should restart reprocessing of nuclear waste under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). The report, titled Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, does not provide any economic or environmental analysis and does not mention the security risks of reprocessing.
The reality is that reprocessing poses a threat to both local communities and to global security. Right now DOE is holding hearings around the country and considering comments from the public on the proposed Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP). We need to be telling DOE that, instead of pursuing this environmentally destructive, dangerous, and exorbitantly expensive $700 billion program, they should store nuclear waste at reactor sites and safeguard it from terrorist attack.
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Grassroots Groups by Nuclear Site | |
| | published Monday, October 20, 2008 | 169 Views :: 0 Comments | |
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