[Occupymendocino] Fw: Beyond Nuclear slams bad nuke waste decision

Sat Jun 11 10:41:51 PDT 2016

This is important for all of us to oppose lowering of standards for radiation levels in our water by the EPA!   I made a public comment and suggest you do so also!

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June 9, 2016

Dear Ann,

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EPA proposed radiation levels in drinking water risky for the vulnerable
The EPA has issued recommendations<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOj30rdohPN27Xdp-1J-A0OfbbpVGdLAV5SWRncDMjlSCYU8taSLdRbBg4kSpCDbBQQBgAzHYcc0coswyNgLvSXncoBt4cd1ad1eOLrO6VOAPDognNEqs6fr_UJW-INUh5Ta7oBbr6v7RfswSuBe2Rt9eVF2N-tiykJbxajK7v8I3oG-SVo-jgzXEGJqaQWTDHyqhr_v_Syi8Y8SACcLfVHV8Qt-S6DIxTscgIvt5MNBicBY1YXZhrPX6ioH8u9klRaQ==&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==> for levels of radioactive contamination in drinking water. EPA suggests these levels be used by states in the event of a catastrophic release of radioactivity such as from a nuclear power meltdown.  Unfortunately, these guides do nothing to overturn recommendations allowing non-protective food contamination limits, nor is the limit they set protective enough for pregnancy and children since it will not be the only exposure during a nuclear catastrophe. The public is asked to comment within 45 days of posting in the Federal Register<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOj30rdohPN27XlHUfxHSq_HOp95420tFtlNr2-E2jp3iK6TTQ9Ouju67teuoD1uGOPZtcYyiPQwtxGoBwkVKWPd_x64x-Feg_W-sC5EQ2n4Qhdpl4VpiN9fs9crSwK_8pDg==&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==> in Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0268. Beyond Nuclear will be asking for an extension on the comment deadline, and will provide comments and talking points. Please watch the bulletin for additional information and actions.

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Beyond Nuclear slams court decision favoring NRC on nuclear waste
Beyond Nuclear has responded<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOj30rdohPN27XuefwzC4rRd4eM8_xDS3K7v-rXBp3luu6DZExK0SCLqSsY-PW30VsZytS3WpfigBq0wzGv42guCRAOR0Nl77DjIbfBgruBZCVwrDtjlKufBFrL00YFDFcdAUPIUzBl87enub1bXePHugOyGppGvr9-sDwW00F6W4KtVv2MQIoYboI8KWLCv80U7slUGscbIBq-u5aSBBw5IsKc9ols2DVh_54mwZz5TBJ49H_X-_yoeVXObb5t9VQLOkXXNJRKo1Z3HmHY3fg3vU=&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==> to last week's ruling, by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, against a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Nuclear Waste Confidence policy, renamed Continued Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel. The suit was brought by a nationwide coalition of environmental groups, states (CT, MA, NY, VT), and the Prairie Island Indian Community of MN. The court endorsed NRC's woefully inadequate risk analysis of high-level radioactive waste storage pool fires and leaks, as well as NRC's false confidence that institutional control of irradiated nuclear fuel surface storage will be assured over time, and a geologic repository opened someday. The ruling flies in the face of very recent reports by the National Academy of Sciences, and Princeton researchers<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOj_Hy6oAap9AHn_nO2m3v8V1gC5P9N6Gk8KdVih35Z1fQtyn37Ml-BGmXXFzB-HeGP9yt0WE1jxOlzSKIECzJy_hPCrL2F_1gc8O5YCD81atI8yGdoOgQiQW5oyOo1tXxZzv-hLG531L8V2rNicZc2EEbY4_o65fvDO8W4BXIxyqxhKhM3uItgUgyOnWpuqzBfj8YILklLbOMhEMkjB54opGOOOspDhfSMMQU6bvDjItbTzC3L2nmAKIhmI9NdICE-Q==&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==> that a U.S. pool fire could unleash a radioactive catastrophe dwarfing Fukushima, and that such a fire was very narrowly averted at Fukushima itself, by sheer luck. The ruling comes amidst ongoing dissent<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOj30rdohPN27X4LEyVWwu6v4tvNpwsbvDmLUIEGAUfrZ5DeJKx8whcSWhWV9LyYyho8RUoWzzzFBLsFH-Hb7vxgWUuAQszf-PQBh_ffUPcsrFcHeMJI3XoxTYmIzDldrN9gLD2YKZwZRsX92B1c--kAvj0ZrEYFAAM_p1DrAfYMUaveiYBRuodbfGA7VJcMByGGHfndpLblxh7ALj-KIkO9U1n0J3fmdPVLXBAudBkhO35OCWnn69s4sUIWbAIX6lWMdMXo7xgRkb&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==> against the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) latest attempt to ram through "consent-based" parking lot dumps and Mobile Chernobyls; public comments expressing non-consent<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOj3iYKjbDQYmNFcrSv3dSzVdJWGq1R3flTfxuAzeFvzVqY-MtA8AUQWtvKnNXnzOgxthvkZ6k700EdS78zUytQVK9m-hEUGM0Mx-_ct_EC2dTuh8XEHCFiQcs1F7pL1Q2of_iOesnZbhGcnazZgkAlC7Jqyu4sielUfE_R7Q5mAu8vayyDOasf0I_c6qH87J6IOp7f4z5z_fxSSsuAlh1g92n1mQCSfDPpCmOb0WfTdOteqH3v83LV-91WDpgNdmrrYE1W_3puIq1VRdHn_Lc3EA=&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==> are urgently needed! More<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001jorPh2kS0CqWIXCk2U2aXiCvZVE8U8hMzdXrXhUtVPkKE9pXsgCOjyurvuhRv5SMvt3j7OfIXvwoOhikdeUj8iPbWBV7M225v2Z5lr9noivco4h2OTzvZbwZm7jqTumG4xGhQ9LJzi1AO4ZHN-QZJDeTblDEnlf9luYRigGjDDbruAWLPcb1p4uTjMbubahp_iZiMVw1HO4=&c=cntaz1_vfEjP6oqt7f34U75NnoRSOSkJMEjRVHIndVhyjESNFvhkjQ==&ch=vXMhNWCbzObt70NpdwgMNTVvvL1X0mUfnDqBlr-RHlPTHLXm0fgqKw==>

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U.S nuclear lobbyists want massive ratepayer bailouts for financially failing reactors
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