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published Thursday, September 06, 2007  0 Views :: 0 Comments

Fact Sheet by Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Watch New Mexico on Greater Than Class C Waste

New Mexico May Be the Dump for DOE’s Catch-all Category of Radioactive Wastes
The United States has a lot of nuclear waste that we don’t know what to do with. For one type of waste, the Department of Energy (DOE) proposed solution is sadly, once again, to bury it in the ground -- perhaps in New Mexico. After 20 years of essentially ignoring “Greater Than Class C” (GTCC) waste, DOE is now giving the public a chance to comment on its disposal plans.

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published Thursday, April 12, 2007  0 Views :: 0 Comments

2007 Fact Sheet  The Effects of Nuclear Testing on Human Health

Nearly 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been conducted worldwide. The U.S. alone conducted 217 above-ground tests, about half of them at the Department of Energy’s Nevada Test Site (NTS), from the early 1950s to the early 1960s. Atmospheric fallout from these tests, and from the 30 underground tests known to have “vented” significant radiation, contained harmful radionuclides and was carried thousands of miles from the test site. At the time, the U.S. government assured the American public that testing was safe and necessary to protect them.

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