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Re: Government won't build



Oh no it wasn't!! The anti-incinerator movement dates back to at least 1985,
when I reviewed an EIS for a proposed LLW incinerator at Apollo PA.  A
member of the city council said, after I had presented my review and risk
analysis, "I believe everything you say, but I just don't like
incinerators."  For my pains in making a good review and presentation, I got
kicked off the Sierra Club Energy Committee and only survived to finish my
term on the Sierra Club Cascade Chapter Executive Committee by one vote.

The anti-incinerator movement covers much more than radwaste.  I have
reviewed two hazwaste incinerators that were never built because of mindless
opposition by locals.  Another proposed for Vantage WA was opposed by local
enviros, including a Ph. D. physicist and a Ph. D. biochemist.  No, I don't
think they had a leg to stand on.  The anti-incinerator folks dispense a lot
of nonsense about air pollution in general, in addition to radioactive
emissions.

I'm writing from home, so this is clearly my own opinion!

Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
7336 Lew Wallace NE
Albuquerque, NM
505-856-5011
fax 505-856-5564
ruth_weiner@msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Stabin <stabin@npd.ufpe.br>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 2:35 PM
Subject: Government won't build


>
>> The anti-incinerator movement was born last summer in the
>> scenic Jackson Hole region of northwest Wyoming, where
>> celebrities including Harrison Ford have built second homes.
>



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