Fwd: Stop Weakening Nuclear Waste Handling Protections-Call Representatives

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arnoldgore

Thu, 2 Oct 2003 07:28:07 EDT

Stop Weakening Nuclear Waste Handling Protections-Call Representatives

 

 

Subj: important energy bill update, act today

10/2/2003 1:07:16 AM Eastern Standard Time

 

URGENT Energy Bill ALERT from Nuclear Information and Resource Service

 

Call your US Representative TODAY 10/2/03 at 202 225-2131 or 202

224-3121

 

To prevent weakening of High Level Nuclear Waste protections! House

Floor Vote 10/2

 

Ask your Rep to:

 

1) Vote YES on the Inslee-Spratt Motion to Instruct the Energy

Conference Committee to prevent weakening high level radioactive waste

protections in the Energy Bill, HR 6. This vote is expected OCT 2 at the

earliest so PLEASE CALL ASAP.

 

Representative Jay Inslee (D, WA) and Representative John Spratt Jr. (D,

SC) are expected to bring up a motion to instruct the energy conferees

not to add a provision to the Energy Bill that deregulates high level

nuclear waste by redefining it as not high level, leaving it to leak

from buried tanks into major waterways. The Dept of Energy is pushing to

have such a provision introduced in the conference committee even though

it was not in either the House or Senate Energy bills that are being

conferenced.

 

2) Oppose the whole Energy Bill, which could come to a vote later this

month.

 

Support Inslee-Spratt Motion to Instruct Energy Conferees:

 

The Dept of Energy (DOE) wants to redefine " high level radioactive

waste " from reprocessing irradiated nuclear fuel, so it can be left to

leak into major waterways from buried tanks in Washington, Idaho, South

Carolina and New York.

 

The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (existing law) defines wastes from

reprocessing irradiated ( " spent " ) nuclear fuel as " High Level

Radioactive Waste. " The law requires it to be disposed of in a Nuclear

Regulatory Commission-licensed high-level radioactive waste repository.

DOE wants save money and time by ignoring the hazards of the waste,

claiming it is not " High Level " and grouting it in place, to leak out

into major waterways. Some is already leaking.

 

A court recently ruled against DOE, requiring the waste continue to be

treated as " high level nuclear waste. " DOE has appealed but is trying to

legislate around the decision too.

 

***Please call your representative today to ask him/her to VOTE FOR THE

INSLEE SPRATT MOTION TO INSTRUCT ENERGY CONFEREES to prevent

deregulation of high level radioactive wastes in the energy bill HR 6.

 

***And ask them to OPPOSE THE WHOLE BILL, HR 6, which is laden with

nuclear subsidies including new nuclear reactors, liability limits on

new reactors, more reprocessing--which created the waste DOE wants to

deregulate and abandon! And more.

 

Contact: Diane D'Arrigo, Nuclear Information and Resource Service 202

328-0002 x 16

 

 

 

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