Carolina Peace - Stop A High-level Nuclear Dump at Savannah River

Stop A High-level Nuclear Dump at Savannah River

Written by Administrator

Wednesday, 19 May 2004

{IMAGE1}ACTION ALERT:

Contact Sen. Graham

Stop A High-level Nuclear Dump at Savannah River!

May 19, 2004

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) pushed a provision through committee providing South Carolina with an exemption to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, allowing the Department of Energy to abandon millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste in rusting tanks at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Graham’s provision applies only to South Carolina. The DOE wants the exemption so it can add cement to the waste, leave it underground, and reduce costs by billions of dollars. This would create a massive high level waste dump in South Carolina, pollute the Savannah River, and endanger the health of future generations.

Nationwide, grassroots action is having an effect, but we need to call Senator Lindsey Graham today. Congress is set to vote on a spending bill which would change federal rules for nuclear waste in South Carolina. If Congress approves, high-level radioactive waste at the Savannah River Site would remain in underground tanks forever; they would not be cleaned up. This action would carve a loophole in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and would open the door for further exemptions for other wastes and other states.

Please call, write, or e-mail Senator Graham now and request he vote to remove the US Department of Energy’s authority to reclassify high-level radioactive waste in the 2005 Defense Authorization Bill.

Timing: Act Now! The US Senate is expected to bring the Fiscal Year 2005 Defense Authorization bill to the floor this week.

Call Senator Graham in Washington at (202) 224-5972. If busy, use the Congressional Switchboard at 202-224-3121. E-mail Senator Graham using the Congressional e-mail directory at http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

The federal court in Idaho ruled against DOE’s plan to reclassify waste in Washington, Idaho, and South Carolina. The DOE has appealed the case, but the affected states have all submitted friends of the court briefs opposing DOE’s plan.

For more information

Call Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League at (336) 982-2691, (704) 756-7550

E-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

Call Jim Bridgman at (202) 544-0217 or go to www.ananuclear.org.

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