The Salt Lake City based EnergySolutions corporation (a “full-service nuclear fuel cycle company”) will be importing nearly 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy; 1,600 tons of that is slated to be buried at an EnergySolutions low-level radioactive waste disposal site in Tooele County (Skull Valley). Back in 2005, the federal government approved the $1.5 billion plan, which Utah environmentalists and officials said they would challenge. Well, that time has come.
Utah officials (including the Utah Radiation Control Board) are now urging the public to take a stand before Utah becomes a disposal site for foreign waste. Many argue that the United States has yet to deal with our own issues of nuclear waste disposal and cannot allow other countries to use the U.S. as a dumping ground. Others argue that the waste would completely degrade sacred ground and ruin tribal culture.
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Comments can be e-mailed to secy@nrc.gov through March 12.
Written comments can be sent to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Rulemakings and Adjudications Staff.
3 responses so far ↓
1 SadStory // Feb 15, 2008 at 5:03 pm
Wow. That is scary and sad. From Italy, huh? There is nowhere in Europe where they can dump it? The United States is the only option?
That would be very sad and disrespectful to degrade sacred ground. They need to respect other cultures and other culture’s beliefs. Leave their sacred ground alone.
2 Rhonda // Feb 19, 2008 at 8:37 am
Holy crap! Italy? Time to call Robert Redford!
3 alex // Feb 28, 2008 at 4:04 pm
sick
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