Re: Court Seeks Views on Waste Compact

[KDA2921@aol.com]

The agreement between the states that were members of the Southeast compact 
and the State of North Carolina was to study the location of a disposal site 
within North Carolina.  Is it not feasible to assume that the results of the 
costly study indicated that locating the site in North Carolina was not the 
"best" option?  It would not appear prudent for the State of North Carolina 
to agree to construct the facility if the location would not be in the 
interest of the compact states or would adequately address the liability of 
the members of the compact.

Of course, the "Supremes" will not proceed in the case in order to "rip the 
lungs out of North Carolina".  The brief news article has more than likely 
not included the numerous facts that impacted the decision made by North 
Carolina.  Locating facilities to dispose of low level radioactive waste 
continues to be a difficult and challenging technical and political tasks. 

Keith Anderson, CHP
kda2921@aol.com

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