URGENT!!!! GNEP DEADLINE TO COMMENT MARCH 16, 2009. ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT
There are only 7 days left for you to comment on the proposal to double nuclear power and to dispose of more nuclear waste at Hanford. This is the Energy Department's Global Nuclear Energy Partnership Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (GNEP PEIS).
You remember, that plan to double nuclear power in the U.S. while adding dangerous waste to Hanford, putting nuclear trucks on the road, and risking nuclear weapons proliferation. This is your final opportunity to let USDOE know that it has completely failed to address the risks to the environment and human health from its plan.
- The EIS does not identify the quantities of wastes that will be produced by GNEP and added to Hanford and other sites.
- The EIS does not evaluate the risks of a foreseeable accident or terrorist attack involving one of the many trucks that would carry spent nuclear fuel through the Northwest and elsewhere.
- The EIS does not adequately evaluate the proliferation risks presented by "reprocessing" spent nuclear fuel to extract plutonium and uranium that could be used in bomb-making.
- Finally, the EIS plays an inappropriate game of "hide the ball," analyzing risks only at hypothetical sites. The EIS fails to evaluate the environmental impacts of proceeding with GNEP based on a Hanford site-specific proposal. USDOE solicited and paid Hanford contractor TRIDEC for this proposal.
Please, please make it clear to the Obama administration that GNEP should have left with the Bush Administration. Submit your FINAL comments by March 16th to USDOE. You can submit comments: Electronically:
 link to www.regulations.gov
Mail:
Mr. Francis Schwartz, GNEP PEIS document manager
Office of Nuclear Energy (NE-5), U.S. Department of Energy
1000 Independence Ave, SW
Washington, D.C. 20585-0119
Refer to the GNEP PEIS CITIZEN'S GUIDE for your commenting:
http://www.hoanw.org/uploads/hoanw/4%20pg%20GNEP%20PEIS%20Cit%20Guide.pdf
Thank you for making your voice heard to oppose doubling nuclear power and oppose more than doubling nuclear waste in the U.S.!
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