2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 25 Apr 2006 23:29:27 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Sen. Hatch questions planned Nevada explosion
 
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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