Health & Fitness
OPINION: NRC Plan Makes Nuke Plants Dump Sites
NRC plans to make your local nuke plant into a nuclear waste dump for the next 200 years.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission recently decided to change its program for dealing with waste on-site at nuclear power plants from a temporary storage program to a long-term waste confidence program that allows spent fuel to be stored as long as 200 years.
Residents Organized for a Safe Environment believes this decision that turns nuclear power plant sites into nuclear waste dumps is shortsighted and completely without regard for the safety of the millions of citizens who populate the areas around these power plants.
This type of decision by the NRC demands that the public take action to secure its own safety from the hazards of such a nuclear waste dump in their vicinity wherever it is located, including San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station.
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It calls into question the very mandate itself of the NRC, and leads us to the conclusion that the NRC is no longer capable of "protecting the people and the environment."
This may mean it is time to consider disbanding the NRC and forming a new protective agency led by the citizens, themselves, who have no vested interest in protecting the nuclear industry.
From NRC Draft Report for Comment Dec. 2011 Waste Storage Policy:
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The proposed action is a change to the Commission’s current Waste Confidence decision and rule, which requires the Commission to revisit the issue of Waste Confidence every five to ten years. As part of this process, the Commission has revised Waste Confidence twice since 1984, and each time has expanded the temporal scope of its analysis by a few decades.
This long-term Waste Confidence update would move away from this small-step approach, and would extend the temporal scope of Waste Confidence by as many as 200 years...
Unlike the current Waste Confidence rule and decision, this long-term Waste Confidence EIS will not require reconsideration of a possible update to the rule and decision every five to ten years.
The NRC is asking for your input. To take action please call NRC D.C. office today at 1-800-368-5642 or 301-415-7000 and tell them what you think of this idea.
