[CPEO-MEF] Sen. Hatch questions planned Nevada explosion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Explosion test has Hatch upset
Concerns grow over possible dispersal of old radioactive material in Nevada

By Robert Gehrke
Salt Lake Tribune
April 25, 2006

WASHINGTON - Sen. Orrin Hatch has joined a group of Congress members 
voicing concerns about "Divine Strake," a massive explosion planned this 
summer at the Nevada Test Site that critics say could have nuclear 
implications.

Hatch sent a letter Friday to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, 
seeking assurances that the test would not disperse any radioactive 
material left over from past nuclear weapons tests at the Nevada site.

"The more I look into this, the more upset I become," Hatch said in a 
statement. "The good people who live downwind from this test site have 
already been through enough, and I've given them my word that I'll never 
allow any nuclear testing that could harm them again. I have directed my 
staff to check into this very closely, and if I'm not satisfied that 
this will be safe, I'm going to do everything I can to put a stop to it."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/utah/ci_3748465

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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