RE: Posting from Bay Area Nuclear Waste Coalition

["Dillon, Jon" <JDillon@ligand.com>]

The Advisory Group meeting originally scheduled for the 23rd was cancelled.
My understanding is that the Scientific committee didn't have enough time to
finish their report for the Advisory committee from their recent meeting.
The next Advisory committee meeting is scheduled for April 3rd at UCLA.  You
can take a look at the following link for more information about the
Governor's Advisory Group at http:\\www.llrw.org

Jon

Jon Dillon
Environmental Manager, RSO
jdillon@ligand.com
Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
10275 Science Center Dr.
San Diego, CA 92121
(858) 550-7500

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	R. Russ [SMTP:rruss@stanford.edu]
> Sent:	Monday, March 20, 2000 9:00 AM
> To:	Multiple recipients of list
> Subject:	Posting from Bay Area Nuclear Waste Coalition
> 
> Following is an email I received from the Bay Area Nuclear Waste
> Coalition.
> I'm not sure whether this meeting of the Nuclear Waste Advisory Group has
> been mentioned here in RADSAFE but thought some folks - especially in the
> bay area - might find it interesting. Note: opinions expressed below are
> not
> necessarily my own nor do they reflect those of my employer..
> 
> Ray Russ
> SLAC OHP Group
> 
> ---- begin forwarded message -----------
> 
> 
> 
> Subject: Nuclear Waste Advisory Group to Meet in SF 3/23
> 
> Please Post Please Post Please Post Please Post Please Post Please Post
> Please Post
> 
> IMPORTANT MEETING OF GOVERNOR'S ADVISORY GROUP ON NUCLEAR WASTE AT UC
> EXTENSION (55 LAGUNA IN SF) ON THURSDAY, MARCH 23
> 
> COME AND TAKE PART IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
> 
> Dear Friends and Colleagues --
> 
> Please attend the following meeting about nuclear waste containment in
> California.  Many activists are taking part in these public meetings to
> make sure that the proposal for a nuclear waste dump at Ward Valley will
> not be revived by either the governor or the nuclear industry.  We also
> need to make sure that the Advisory Group tasked by the governor to
> recommend nuclear waste containment policies does not suggest another hole
> in the ground designed to leak near some minority community.
> 
> NO MORE WARD VALLEY DUMPS!
> 
> On Thursday, March 23, the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Group
> chaired by UC President Richard Atkinson will meet from 12 noon to 5:00 pm
> at Richard Hall at the University of California Extension Campus located
> at
> 55 Laguna (cross street Waller) in San Francisco.  For more specific
> directions call (310) 473-8168.
> 
> The public is invited to attend and, in fact, public scrutiny and
> involvement in the Advisory Group process has influenced the Group to
> consider more environmentally sustainable and socially just alternatives
> to
> the nuclear power industries policies of dumping their wastes in shallow,
> unlined trenches.  Nuclear waste policies of the past has resulted in the
> contamination of the environment with serious repercussions for targeted
> populations and future generations.
> 
> This meeting would be an excellent opportunity for classes on sociology,
> environmental studies, conservation issues, environmental and public
> policy
> to attend a decision-making process with far-reaching implications.
> 
> There will be a public comment period at the end of the meeting.
> 
> WE ask that the Advisory Group recommend:
> 
> * A moratorium on nuclear power generation and the production of
> long-lived
> and highly dangerous wastes.
> * An annual survey of LLRW generators in California since there is not
> reliable information to date.
> * All radioactive wastes should be reduced at their source.
> * All radioactive wastes should be isolated from the biosphere for as long
> as they remain a threat to public health.
> * Short-lived wastes from hospitals, biotech, universities and industry
> should be stored in highly-engineered facilities on-site of generation
> until they decay to safe levels and that the generator retain liability
> for
> the waste.
> * Long-lived wastes from nuclear power plants be stored at the power plant
> sites in interim highly-engineered storage facilities for 20 years at a
> time while other more permanent solutions are explored.  Generators should
> retain liability for the waste.
> * No more dumping in landfills designed to leak.
> * No more dumping on minority communities.
> * All costs for radioactive waste containment should be the responsibility
> of the generator, not the taxpayer.
> * The public has a right to know and decide policies that affect their
> health and well-being.
> 
> For more information call the Bay Area Nuclear Waste Coalition at (415)
> 752-8678 or (415) 868-2146 or San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social
> Responsibility at (510) 845-8395.
> 
> To receive directions to the UC Extension Center or to send your comments
> in writing call (310) 473-8168 or email: dwilson1@ucla.edu.
> 
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