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Re: Yucca Mountain Testimony
Excellent information, Dr. Gawarecki - thanks for the links.
The comments by the president of Public Citizen raised a question in my
mind: what, in all honesty, do the opponents to Yucca Mountain want to
accomplish?
Their stated goal is to "stop" the project. (If they did, I wonder if they
applaud the DOE for acting wisely or criticize it for wasting all that
money spent on it so far? Hmmm.)
Let's say everyone saw the wisdom of their position and said "Fine, you
were right all along. No more work, no more money spent, no Yucca Mountain
site."
Then what?
Well, eventually, nuclear plants would have to find someplace for spent
fuel or stop producing it. ("Good! says Public Citizen; we want to stop
them, too." We'll ignore for now what will happen when we lose 20 percent
of our electricity. )
So where do they want the spent fuel that exists now? Transportation is
out - far too dangerous they say, besides there's nowhere to transport it.
I guess it stays where it is. Oh, but isn't this the same spent fuel
that's far too dangerous to keep at these terrorist-vulnerable sites
(according to the same groups)? If that's also true, then what?
Where do you want it, Ma'am?
So, my question to Public-Citizen-Unplug-Salem-No-Nukes-ad-infinitum is
this: If not Yucca Mountain, what storage site or other disposition do YOU
suggest for spent fuel that will satisfy you as safe enough, since the
other alternatives do not? (Having been to the area, I'm trying to imagine
a site more remote or with better geological characteristics than Yucca
Mountain, and not coming up with much, but I'm sure you know since you so
clearly state that this answer is wrong.)
Spent fuel exists, and it isn't going to disappear by magic (although it
eventually does by radioactive decay). And apparently you think it is an
unacceptable risk to us all, although those who work most closely with it
have done so for a long time without injury or undue anxiety.
We're all waiting for the right answer - what is it?
(Norm, if he's still monitoring, can feel free to pass this question on to
whomever he wants and relay their response back to the rest of us. But I
wouldn't hold my breath.)
Vincent King,
Idaho Falls
Susan L Gawarecki
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L Gawarecki
Yesterday the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on
Energy and Air Quality held a hearing to Review the President's
Recommendation to Develop a Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain,
Nevada. Below please find the prepared testimony available for
witnesses speaking before the Committee.
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Abraham859print.htm
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (R-NV)
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Berkley927print.htm
NRC Commissioner Greta Joy Dicus
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Dicus858print.htm
Jeffrey Holmstead, EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Holmstead860print.htm
Jared Cohon, Chairman, Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Cohon862print.htm
Gary Jones, Director, GAO Natural Resources and Environment Team
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Jones865print.htm
Laura Chappelle, Chairwoman, Michigan Public Service Commission
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Chappelle925print.htm
Joe Colvin, President and CEO, Nuclear Energy Institute
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Colvin861print.htm
Jim Dushaw, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Dushaw864print.htm
Joan Claybrook, President, Public Citizen
http://energycommerce.house.gov/107/hearings/04182002Hearing505/Claybrook857print.htm
Thanks to Energy Communities Alliance (ECA) for the above announcement
and links. ECA is the membership organization of local governments that
are adjacent to or impacted by Department of Energy activities. To add
your name to its list serve, please e-mail server@energyca.org. For
more information on ECA, visit the ECA Web Site at
http://www.energyca.org.
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Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
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