----- Original Message ----- From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "brinl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 5:22 PM Subject: Scouted: EPA Plan Would Ease Rules on Nuke Waste
> **Emphasis mine. Not "known" "studied" or "found" to > be safe. This seems as potentially dangerous as the > motion, quashed after public outcry, to allow > recycling of various radioactive wastes (I'm recalling > something about *nickel in dining utensils)...I think > this might be a reference(?): > > "...It is significant that the EPA is considering a > rulemaking on the issue of nuclear waste dumping in > conjunction with the NRC. The current NRC efforts are > essentially a repackaging of their earlier attempt, > developed in the 1980s under pressure from the nuclear > industry, to allow the release of radioactive waste. > Radioactively-contaminated waste materials given the > deceptively innocuous description of being "below > regulatory concern" (BRC) were to be labeled as safe, > and eligible for unrestricted release from nuclear > facilities, where they could be incinerated, reused, > dumped or recycled. After a massive outcry from > environmental, consumer, labor and citizen groups, > Congress banned the BRC policy in 1992... I happen to know a bit about this. I know that it is illegal to use the regular garbage for disposal of, for example, booties worn by people working in radiation areas even if the level of radiation on them is less than or equal to items found at the local grocery store. I'd very much like to see how low is low before commenting. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
