[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: "DOE Must Analyze the Impacts of DOE's Decision to Leave Defense High-Level Waste in Communities"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Energy Communities Alliance
Press Release
December 17, 2009


ECA: DOE Must Analyze the Impacts of DOE's Decision to Leave Defense 
High-Level Waste in Communities
ECA Asks if DOE's Defense High-Level Waste Decision is Safe

WASHINGTON, DC -  On December 17, 2009, Energy Communities Alliance 
(ECA) sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Steven Chu questioning the 
Department of Energy's (DOE's) future plans for defense high-level waste 
currently stored at sites across the country.  Communities that host DOE 
sites previously accepted defense high-level waste from other states and 
sites assuming that the arrangement was only a temporary solution while 
Yucca Mountain was being built.  Now that the Administration's position 
in regards to Yucca Mountain has changed, these sites are concerned that 
they are de facto repositories for high-level nuclear waste.

ECA is calling on Secretary Chu to take action to address the concerns 
of these communities that are currently storing defense high-level 
waste.  Specifically ECA calls on DOE to do the following:

1.      Engage Local Communities and Governments on High-Level Waste 
Decisions and Impacts
2.      Analyze the impacts of DOE's decision to leave high-level waste 
in communities throughout the country
3.      Appoint a Local Government Official to the Blue Ribbon Panel

ECA believes it is essential to engage local communities and governments 
in the process of finding a solution for the disposal of defense 
high-level waste. The full letter is posted at 
http://www.energyca.org/PDF/HiLevelWasteSecChu.pdf




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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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