Re: Ward Valley "fill-the-blanks"

[JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com]

Wes,

Very informative. Thanks.  Makes a lot of difference.

Although, I would say that the "contractor vs gov't agency fear" wouldn't
stand up to much scrutiny if SC/Barnwell (contractor) were compared with DOE
(gov't) "stewardship" of wastes !? 

Regards, Jim


> > Date: Tue, 23 May 95 15:45:48 -0500
> The answer to Jim's questions are: this is NOT the LLRW site being
> sited by the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority
> (TLLRWDA).
> 
> This is a newly proposed mixed-waste facility (also in West Texas).
> The fear mentioned by Vermont Yankee (and some others) is that
> creation of this facility may hinder the siting of the official LLRW
> disposal site.  The fear mentioned by Tom Smith, is that a private
> contractor is not as responsible as a government agency.
> 
> Wes
> 
> Liner Notes:  Texas has several government agencies in this arena.
> Texas Department of Health (us) regulates the possession and use of
> radioactive material.  Texas Natural Resources Conservation
> Commission regulates waste (including, as of 2 years ago,
> radioactive) disposal.  TLLRWDA is to site, build and manage
> the LLRW disposal site.  Texas Railroad Commission regulates the
> disposal of oil and gas NORM (as of about 2 years ago).
> 
> 
> > From: JMUCKERHEIDE@delphi.com
> > Subject: Re: Ward Valley "fill-the-blanks"
> > X-Listserver-Version: 6.0 -- UNIX ListServer by Anastasios Kotsikonas
> > Does this make sense to anybody?  What's VY's problem with the
> bill? > What's really being proposed here?
> >
> > >  *    "Nuclear Waste Bill Rocketing Through Legislature"
> > >      HOUSTON CHRONICLE, 5/18/95 (p. 1A)
> > >      R.G. Ratcliffe
> > >
> > > A measure that would create a low-level nuclear-waste dump in west
> > > Texas "has become one of the fastest-moving bills in the 74th
> > > Legislature, because" the proposed site is in an economically
> > > depressed area, the HOUSTON CHRONICLE reports.  "Billions of
> > > dollars" in contracts from the U.S. Departments of Energy and
> 
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