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Today we’re asking you to take three very important actions
to prevent the transportation of dangerous nuclear waste
across the country. But don’t worry: You can take all three
actions with just one click!
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is accepting
comments on two proposals to build Consolidated Interim
Storage (CIS) facilities in New Mexico and Texas. Building
these so-called ‘interim’ sites would require hauling
dangerous, high-level nuclear waste all over the country
twice: Once to the ‘interim’ sites, then once again to the
permanent site—if that is ever built. If the permanent site is
not built, the ‘interim’ sites could become de-facto permanent
storage sites. Communities in New Mexico and Texas would
become the latest sacrifice to the nuclear industry.
We can’t allow this dangerous, high-level nuclear waste
to be hauled around the country to storage sites that won’t be
permanent solutions to our nuclear waste problem. Tell
the NRC and your member of Congress to say NO to the CIS
facilities in New Mexico and Texas.
The transport of irradiated nuclear waste is extremely
dangerous and risky. To reduce risk, the waste should be
transported only once: from the reactor site (the site of
creation) to a morally and scientifically sound system for
permanent isolation.
Shipping high-level waste poses the threat of creating a
national sacrifice zone if an accident were to occur during
transport or at a CIS facility. Land, water, and air within 50
miles or more of the accident site could be threatened by
dangerous, possibly uninhabitable, levels of contamination.
Also, the owners of these ‘interim’ storage facilities are
banking on U.S. taxpayers paying the tab for their
schemes—which happens to be illegal under current law.
By taking this action, you’ll send comments to the NRC
opposing the CIS facilities in New Mexico and Texas. You’ll
also send a letter to your member of Congress urging them to
take action:
- Oppose funding for CIS facilities
- Oppose pending bills that legalize CIS facilities
- Extend the NRC comment periods until 6 months after the
end of the pandemic
- And hold public hearings in your district about this.
Tell
the NRC and your member of Congress to say NO to the CIS
facilities in New Mexico and Texas.
Building the CIS facilities in New Mexico and Texas would
mean transporting over 90% of the radioactivity in the whole
nuclear power and weapons fuel chain across 44 states and the
District of Columbia for 40 years. That is an unacceptable
risk to take with the health and lives of the American people.
Tell
the NRC and your member of Congress to say NO to the CIS
facilities in New Mexico and Texas.
We’ll keep you posted about new developments on this issue
as they happen. 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
Contact
Us:
Nuclear
Information
and Resource
Service
6930
Carroll Ave, Ste. 340
Takoma Park, MD
20912
(301)
270-6477
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