[NukeNet] No nuclear waste

[Russell Honicker]

Last October in New Mexico I visited with uranium miners who said they
were not anti-uranium. The land and water is contaminated, their
families have been sickened, but many said it is a matter of jobs.
Near where I live in Upstate New York, the retrieval of gas means a
contamination of the aquifers; yet people are taking the money and are
grateful for it.
What I've seen is a willingness to poison ourselves and our children
forevermore for a buck.
This is our culture.
What do we have to offer to counter that?

On 5/10/08, Dolph Honicker <djhonicker at msn.com> wrote:
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> Utah would only get what was left after the radioactive metals had been
> melted in Tennessee and the radioactive combustibles incinerated in
> Tennessee.  Why isn't Tennessee screaming louder than Utah? We all should be
> screaming.  Who knows what the recycled radioactive metals will be turned
> into - -  radioactive belt buckles, radioactive frying pans,  radioactive
> braces for our children's teeth?  Perhaps.  Who know?
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>  Jeannine Honicker
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> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 13:40:47 -0700
> Subject: [NukeNet] No nuclear waste
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> No nuclear waste
> http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080509/OPINION/805090313
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>  Utah has had enough problems with nuclear technology over the years.
>  There was, of course, the devastating effects of the fallout that dropped
> on the state during the detonations at the Nevada Test Site during the Cold
> War.
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> There was the threat of a renewal of dangerous, although not nuclear,
> testing several years ago when the federal government wanted to pursue the
> Divine Strake test that, some experts said, would have simulated a nuclear
> explosion and kicked up radiation that has settled on the desert floor.
> There is also the constant threat of nuclear waste either passing through
> the state, as proposed by the Yucca Mountain plan to transport hazardous
> radioactive materials to a facility in Nevada, to private endeavors in the
> northern part of the state. And, now, EnergySolutions, Inc. has filed a
> federal lawsuit to dispose of nuclear waste from Italy at a site in Tooele
> County.
>  The governor has drawn a line in the sand, instructing the state's
> representative on the Northwest Interstate Compact on Low-Level Radioactive
> Waste to veto the proposal.
>  We agree.
>  First, Utah has for too long been the victim of indiscriminate
> environmental abuses - from disrupted wildlands to polluted waters. You
> cannot, because of this, eat the fish taken from many of our rivers and
> lakes, which have high levels of mercury.
>  Secondly, this waste would come from Italy. About 1,600 tons of nuclear
> waste would be, under this proposal, shipped to either Charleston, S .C., or
> New Orleans, be transferred to Tennessee, where it would be processed, and
> then shipped to Tooele County.
>  EnergySolutions, Inc. believes that because the storage site is on private
> property it should have the right to bring it into the state.
>  Despite the high-profile advertising campaign - from naming the arena where
> the Utah Jazz play basketball to television and print spots - there is only
> one way to describe what EnergySolutions, Inc. is involved in and that is
> dangerous business.
>  It is not in the public interest to have these materials shipped to and
> through our state. It is not in the public interest to store it here and
> risk the possibility of leakage to further pollute our groundwater or air.
> It is not in this country's interest to accept this dangerous waste from
> European shores or any place else.
>  Italy, France and other European nations have become huge proponents of
> nuclear power and energy. The problem is they are creating indisposable
> waste that poses a danger to those who handle it or could potentially be
> exposed to it. We say "No way!" for any organization - governmental or
> private - that wishes to expose our residents to even the most remote
> possibility of exposure to nuclear poisoning.
>  We've been there, done that and have the headstones to prove just how
> dangerous radioactivity can be.
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