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Written by Leslie Minerd
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Wednesday, 21 March 2007 |
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Energy Solutions, which a
year ago was called Envirocare, started out with one Low Level
Radioactive waste site in Clive, Utah, which accepts only class A
the lowest grade of radioactive waste. On a recent tour of the
Barnwell radioactive waste site, I asked why Utah, with its much
lower water table and annual rain fall of 15 inches per year, takes
only class A radioactive waste and why SC, with a much higher water
table, 70 feet in Barnwell, and an annual rainfall of about 50
inches per year takes A,B and C radioactive waste. I was told it is
because they were designed that way. The real answer, is that
Envirocare, a former incarnation of Energy Solutions, spent $4
million dollars in 2002 to fight a citizen's initiative in Utah to
ban B and C radioactive waste.
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Written by Joe Whetstone
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
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At the recent op-ed published in The State, Barnwell County Council Chairman Keith Sloan stated the following:
Then there is the theme song claim of the alarmists: "South Carolina is the
nation's nuclear dumping ground." This claim is overblown and misleading.
Consider the following. In 2006, 16.3 million cubic feet of low-level
radioactive waste were disposed of in the United States. Barnwell last year
took in about 38,000 cubic feet - that's about two-tenths of 1 percent of
all low-level waste disposed of last year.
Put another way, 99.8 percent of all low-level radioactive waste went
somewhere else last year. Another inconvenient truth..
The truth about this statement, posted on The Truth About Barnwell website was taken from the CVSC House Sub-Committee testimony given by VSC Executive Director Ann Timberlake:
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Written by Dr. Mary Kelly
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Monday, 19 June 2006 |
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Attached is a letter from Dr. Mary Kelly
from League of Women Voters to Steve Creamer, President and CEO of
Energy Solutions, that was sent shortly after Energy Solutions
purchased Duratek. It contains information about the history of the
Barnwell disposal site.
pdf
of letter
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