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Source URL:
http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2010-04-27/nuclear-study-will-assess-cancer-risk
By
Rob Pavey
Staff Writer
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Plant
Vogtle and Savannah River Site should be included in a new national
study of cancer risks for people living near nuclear facilities,
according to environmental groups.
"It's exactly what we've been
asking for -- for years," said Bobbie Paul, the executive director of
Georgia Women's Action for New Direction, which has lobbied for more
radiological monitoring in the area.
On Tuesday, the National
Academy of Sciences affirmed an April 7 request from the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission to update the 1990 National Institutes of Health
and National Cancer Institute report, Cancer in Populations Living Near
Nuclear Facilities .
The 20-year-old study, which examined deaths
from 16 types of cancer, found no increased risk of death among people
living in 107 counties containing or adjacent to 62 nuclear facilities.
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17 Groups Urge Senate to Change CEDA Bill
06/25/2009
SustainableBusiness.com News
In
a letter to the members of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources
Committee, 17 major groups--including the Union of Concerned
Scientists, the League of Conservation Voters and Sierra Club--warned
that the proposed Clean Energy Deployment Administration (CEDA) in the
American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 will not "reduce
greenhouse gas emissions in the most efficient, environmentally sound
manner possible."
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Oppose Additional F-22s Paid for with Environmental Cleanup Funds
June 23, 2009
Dear Representative:
Please support any amendment to the FY10 defense authorization bill, H.R. 2647, to eliminate funds for advance procurement of 12 F-22 Raptor fighter jets and restore the money for environmental cleanup.
Defense Secretary Gates requested four additional F-22 fighters in the FY09 Supplemental Appropriations Act, completing the fleet at 187 planes and ending production. Money to purchase those final four aircraft has already been appropriated. We oppose the additional twelve aircraft sought by the Committee in the FY10 defense authorization at a cost of $369 million for FY10.
The funds for F-22s were taken from money intended for cleanup of nuclear weapons sites, and we believe this is unwise. More than six decades of U.S. nuclear weapons research, testing, and production activities have left dozens of Department of Energy sites contaminated by radioactive and hazardous waste. The contamination threatens workers, communities, and the environment,
including major water supplies. Cleaning up that contamination should remain a priority for Congress and the administration. Inadequate funding in 2010 can lead to missing legally obligated cleanup milestones, allows contamination to spread, and can result in additional spending to pay fines and penalties. Funding shortfalls in one year also require additional spending in future years.
If you would like your organization to sign onto the letter, email nroth@ananuclear.org with your name, title, organization's name, and state.
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2009 Fact Sheet Nuclear Weapons Environmental Cleanup | |
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Six decades of U.S. nuclear weapons research, testing, and production activities have left dozens of Department of Energy (DOE) sites polluted with massive amounts of radioactive and hazardous wastes. Most DOE sites are now on the Superfund list of the nation’s most environmentally dangerous facilities. Their contamination threatens millions of people living near the sites or along major waste transportation routes. Some of the nation’s most important water resources are endangered.
Download 2009 Fact Sheet: Cleanup5.1 final.pdf
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2009 Fact Sheet Plutonium Dispoistion Remains in Disarray | |
| | published Monday, February 23, 2009 | 278 Views :: 0 Comments |
After a decade of work on its program to eliminate surplus weapons plutonium, not a single gram has been disposed by the Department of Energy (DOE). By any standard, the program is a failure. Left unchanged and without adequate oversight and budget scrutiny, it will continue to suffer from chronic bad management, escalating costs, and technical uncertainties. Congress and President Obama can put the disposition program onto the safer, less costly plutonium immobilization or “vitrification” track
Download 2009 Fact Sheet: MOX6 final.pdf
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Grassroots Groups by Nuclear Site | |
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THE TIME IS RIPE TO STOP THE BOMB
Glenn Carroll
Nuclear Watch South
Without a word of public debate, nuclear weapons became a seemingly inevitable fact of life and death on our planet. After World War II ended with two single bombs destroying the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — The Bomb became big business with vast factory complexes on government reservations in several states across the country. A government agency, now called U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) was formed to oversee private contractors who churned out no less than 30,000 nuclear warheads over the next four decades and established the nuclear industry as an economic force in human affairs
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How to Stop a Bombplex by Tri-Valley CAREs | |
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Tri-Valley CAREs
Livermore, CA
January, 2008
Just before Christmas 2007, the Department of Energy(DOE) National Security Administration(NNSA) held a press conference to announce the latest in a series of deadly, irresponsible schemes to "revitalize" and rebuild the U.S. nuclear weapons research, development, testing and production complex of the future.
Download PDF: How to Stop a Bombplex.pdf
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