Tell the NRC and
Congress:
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Right now, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is
planning a very dangerous change to the way radioactive waste
from nuclear power is handled.
The NRC is creating a fictitious and deceptive name for
nuclear power waste. Despite being extremely dangerous to
human health and the environment, the NRC is trying to
downplay Very Long-Lasting Waste by telling the Very Large Lie
it is supposedly only very low level--VLLW.
It is not. But disregarding the danger, the NRC has
proposed to let regular landfill operators dispose of this
radioactive waste. This would almost certainly result in more
widespread nuclear waste leaks into our water, air, crops, and
communities.
We need to stop the NRC in its tracks before it takes
this dangerous step toward deregulating nuclear waste. Tell
the NRC and your members of Congress: Don’t dump radioactive
waste into our landfills.
There is no such thing as a safe level of radioactivity.
The NRC claims only very "low levels" of radioactive waste
will be disposed of with regular trash, but there is no safe
level. At the proposed level, 1 in every 500 people will get
cancer if exposed over their lifetimes.
Powerful players in the nuclear industry are pushing for
this change, and the NRC may give them what they want unless
we stop them. Tell
the NRC and your members of Congress: Don’t dump radioactive
waste into our landfills.
The truth about proposed VLLW Radioactive Waste is that
it’s a Very Large Lie. VLLW is not clearly defined but does
include extremely dangerous Very Long Lasting radioactive
Waste. The NRC’s proposal would allow it to be disposed of in
our local landfills like regular trash. This is
unacceptable.
The NRC is also taking this action behind the backs of the
American people, under the cover of the COVID-19 pandemic,
setting up a system that will allow regular trash landfills to
start taking nuclear waste without their surrounding
communities knowing or having input. Stand up to the nuclear
industry and their friends at the NRC by telling
them and your members of Congress not to dump radioactive
waste in our landfills.
We’ll have more updates about this important issue soon. In
the meantime, we hope you’re staying healthy and safe.
Thanks for all you do,
The NIRS Team
Diane D'Arrigo
Luis Hestres
Denise Jakobsberg
Tim
Judson
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