NIRS – Urgent Action Needed!
(Very Low Level Radioactive Waste is not good for us)
Tell the NRC & Congress: No nuclear waste in our landfills
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is planning a very dangerous change to the way radioactive waste is handled. Some man-made nuclear waste, mainly from nuclear power, is very long-lasting and dangerous to human health and the environment. Disregarding this danger, the NRC proposes to let regular landfill operators dispose of this radioactive waste by authorizing them as “specific exempt.” This would almost certainly result in nuclear waste leaks into our water, air, crops, and communities. Tell the NRC and your members of Congress: Don’t dump radioactive waste into our landfills or any other places that are “exempt” from nuclear controls. Make comments here
Weakened Safety Regulations?
This from The NIRS Team –
Diane D’Arrigo
Luis Hestres
Denise Jakobsberg
Tim Judson:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) duty is to protect the health and safety of the American people from an inherently dangerous industry. But for decades, the NRC has been badly falling down on the job.
The NRC now wants to ax one of its most basic safety regulations: emergency plans for nuclear disasters. The NRC wants to rewrite the rules so that certain kinds of new reactors will be exempt from providing site-specific Emergency Response Plans that must be approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Instead, the proposal would let plant owners determine what the size of the Emergency Planning Zone (EPZ) should be—or whether offsite emergency planning is necessary at all.
This proposal would leave the public unprotected in the case of a large release of radiation. The NRC would let newfangled reactors that are untested and unproven off the hook and allow plant owners to police themselves when it comes to safety. When disaster strikes, public officials and plant operators would have to figure out—on the fly—how to protect people, who and when to evacuate, how to notify people, how to transport and shelter them, and more.
The comment period for this terrible idea closes in three weeks. Tell the NRC: Don’t play with our emergency plans.