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Introduction
The Hanford Nuclear Reservation is the largest nuclear waste dump
in the Western Hemisphere and a major Northwest environmental issue.
It is a serious long-term threat to the Columbia River, which Oregon
depends on for power generation, farm irrigation, fishing, transport
and recreation. (more)
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DOE to take public comment on draft Hanford
study
Tri-City
Herald, January 10, 2010
The Department of Energy will hear public comments at a Jan. 26
meeting in Richland on a wide-ranging draft study that lays the
groundwork for cleanup of the Hanford nuclear reservation for decades
to come.
It's one of eight meetings planned in the Northwest. The Richland
meeting at the Red Lion Hanford House will start with an open house
at 6 p.m. followed by presentations by DOE and the Washington State
Department of Ecology at 7 p.m. Public comment then will be heard
until 10 p.m.
Other meetings will be Feb. 2 in Boise; Feb. 9 in Hood River, Ore.,
and Feb. 10 in Portland. A Seattle meeting is being rescheduled
and three more meetings will be added to the list.
Among the decisions the Draft Tank Closure and Waste Management
Environmental Impact Statement recommends are entombing the Fast
Flux Test Facility, emptying 99 percent of waste from underground
tanks, leaving the emptied tanks in the ground and continuing to
ban many types of radioactive waste from being sent to Hanford.
The 6,000-page study is posted at hanford.gov.
Hanford Cleanup Draft EIS
Oregon
Department of Energy, Nuclear Safety Division
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) prepared a draft Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS) that evaluates major proposed actions related
to three aspects of the Hanford cleanup:
- Treatment (immobilization) of 53 million gallons of high-level
radioactive waste stored in 177 aging underground tanks, as well
as closure of the oldest 149 tanks once the waste has been treated.
- Continued disposal of solid waste generated during on-going
cleanup activities at Hanford, along with possibly disposing of
waste at Hanford from other DOE sites around the nation.
- Decommissioning of Hanford’s Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF),
a nuclear reactor that operated during the 1980s.
A comment period on this document is open through March 19, 2010.
Documents relating to the EIS:
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U.S.
Department of Energy information on the draft Tank Closure and Waste
Management EIS
Washington
Department of Ecology information on the draft Tank Closure and
Waste Management EIS
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of America Northwest information on the draft Tank Closure and Waste
Management EIS
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Tank Closure & Waste Management EIS
public hearings
Richland, WA 99352, January 26
Red Lion Hotel Hanford House, 802 George Washington Way
6 to 10 p.m.
Boise, ID 83702, February 2
Owyhee Plaza Hotel, 1109 Main St.
6 to 10 p.m.
Hood River, OR 97031, February 9
2010, Columbia Gorge Hotel, 4000 Westcliff Drive
6 to 10 p.m.
Portland, OR 97232, February 10
Doubletree Hotel, Lloyd Center, 1000 NE Multnomah St.
6 to 10 p.m.
Seattle, WA, February 11
Seattle Center, 305 Harrison Street
6 to 10 p.m.
Spokane, WA, February 17
Spokane Community College, Lair Auditorium, 1810 N. Greene St.
7 to 8:30 p.m.
La Grande, OR, February 22
Eastern Oregon University, Hoke Union Building, 1 University Parkway
6 to 10 p.m.
Spokane, WA, February 23
Red Lion Hotel at the Park 303 W. North River Drive
6 to 10 p.m.
Eugene, OR, March 1
Hilton Conference Center, 66 East 6th Ave.
6 to 10 p.m.
Seattle, WA, March 8
Seattle Center - Northwest Rooms - Lopez Room
1st Ave & Republican St.
6 to 10 p.m.
DOE will consider and respond to all oral and written comments
received at the public hearings or written comments postmarked by
March 19, 2010, in preparing the Final EIS. Late comments will be
considered to the extent practicable.
Written comments may be submitted by regular mail, fax, or e-mail
as follows. Written comments may be sent to:
Mary Beth Burandt
Office of River Protection, Document Manager
P.O. Box 1178, Richland, Washington 99352
Attention: TC & WM EIS
Written comments or requests for information can be submitted at
TC&WMEIS@saic.com, or
by faxing to 888-785-2865.
The Draft EIS is available on DOE's NEPA Web site at:
http://www.gc.energy.gov/nepa
http://www.hanford.gov
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