[CPEO-MEF] Congressional proposal on Hanford cleanup

["lsiegel@cpeo.org" <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Congress weighs slowdown of Hanford work


By LISA STIFFLER
Seattle Press-Intelligencer
May 17, 2006

After publicly expressing disapproval over the numerous setbacks and cost
overruns plaguing the Hanford cleanup, members of Congress are proposing
$1.8 billion for the project next year -- but with strings.

Lawmakers want the Energy Department to abandon its potentially risky,
accelerated approach that has construction of a treatment facility under
way while the overall design is just 70 percent completed.

Instead, they want to adopt a more conservative, though possibly slower,
process for building the multibillion-dollar complex to clean up nuclear
waste.

The budget proposal puts the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in charge of
monitoring and confirming the safety of the plant being erected near the
banks of the Columbia River. The commission, which oversees commercial
facilities, would bolster the weaker oversight offered by the federal board
currently tracking the effort. 

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For the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/270520_hanford17.html

-- 
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
http://www.cpeo.org



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