EIS-0113_Section_9 - Hanford Site

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WE has violated the Nuclear Waste Policy Act by eliminating ee[ontl-round
repository pas sites. It has purposefully destroyed (if the even existed) docu-
manta related to its selection of HenEo[dl It originally claimed that ane[lenel
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UNITAD STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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s¢CUr1Cya pre anted it Ervin. telling .boat Raeford's manaive amounts Of radioactive
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iodine released upon unsuspecting American citizens. And, amidst probing questions
and critical testimony, it BOB recently twice walked at on the Congress of the
United States of America. Its bureaucratic bungling and scornful disregard for
DEAR SIRS,
citizen and Congressional authority are legion. Yet, when pressed, individuals
within WE lament that "Congress made us do 1t."
I am a long-time resident of this area having Just recently returned from
I submit that the U.S. Department of F ergy has deceived Congress. just as
working out of state and now residing in Spokane, Washington.
it has the people of the Northwest. Coca again, I wish to firmly remind WE
Officials that thin is a do ... r.... end that we-the-people are your employer.
Thank you for this opportunity to speak to the Issue of disposal of
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boss and highest authority. We are telling you that continued plutonium prodne-
tisn at Hanford is unnecessary for national defense, Is incompatible with cleanup
of Nonfood and is causing unnarept,dble risk to American citizens.
radioactive wastes from the Sanford nuclear site.
I believe that the best solution to the current situation is for the
Hanford jobs need not be eliminated. but companies and workers should be United States to collectively contain insofar as is possible all nuclear ^.
paid to clean up the was instead of making more. This will keep them occupied wastes from around the country and to store them in the most stable ,{
for decades, if not centuries, with restorative work of which they, themselves,
and citizens everywhere Can be proud.
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geological formations that can be found, most probably underground salt
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formation.. I s appose on-site disposeI by ., m ass as this la7
would surely perpetuate the pnisen£ng of the land and water which has
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already begun. We Sat retract and contain a cash of this terribly deadly .l
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material as is possibl e . and begin to reduce and f inall y eliminate the
JUL 22 1986 sources from which it comes.
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We have a responsibility to our families and to our nation: a responsibility
to future generations and really to all life on this planet. The whole world
is watching; now and in times to come. Will we act intelligently and responsibly
or will we will we act in fear and in greed? 6
As a citizen of the country which I love most deeply. I call on you to
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please awaken to this great task and to begin the work ubich must begin now 2. 2 . 1
in order to secure a safe and peaceful world for all mankind.
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Respectfully years,
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