[ RadSafe ] Sierra Club Leader Doesn't Understand

[Roger Helbig]

“This is the third time in a year that EnergySolutions has asked for an
exemption from the laws which regulate their operations and that were put
in place to safeguard public health and safety,” said HEAL Utah’s executive
director, Dr. Scott Williams. “If this exemption is granted, it will
establish a dangerous precedent that skirting the law is business as usual
for EnergySolutions.”

The exemption would allow EnergySolutions to dispose of an undefined amount
of DU penetrators in Utah and to bypass a performance assessment that
evaluates the public health and environmental risks associated with DU
materials. EnergySolutions claims that its sudden request was spurred by an
inquiry from and time frame set by the Department of Defense.

“No matter which form it’s in, DU becomes increasingly radioactive over
time,” said Ashley Soltysiak, director of the Utah Sierra Club said. “This
waste persists for millennia and eventually will violate our state
standards for nuclear waste storage. Ultimately, EnergySolutions is trying
to rush this process through, putting profits over human health.”

Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality has already been engaged in the
review of EnergySolutions’ performance assessment on DU for the past seven
years.

“DEQ’s final evaluation of DU is expected in the coming months,” said
Williams. “Even with a request by the Department of Defense, it does not
justify the regulatory process, which has been placed into rule by the
board itself, be bypassed. This issue has a long history in Utah, and our
citizens deserve a full assessment of the risks associated with storing DU
here.”
the above is from this Utah Independent article
http://suindependent.com/energysolutions-depleted-uranium/

Roger Helbig

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