NGO coalition (50+ organizations and individuals) letter to DOE, re: "Request to Withdraw, Revise and Re-Publish Request for Information on Using a Consent-Based Siting Process to Identify Federal Interim Storage Facilities," 86 Fed. Reg. 68,244 (Dec. 1, 2021)

Dear Friends and Colleagues,

Thank you very much to the 50+ organizations and individuals who signed onto this coalition letter, sent yesterday to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), requesting a withdrawal/revision/re-publication of its Request for Information re: "consent-based siting" for federal irradiated nuclear fuel (highly radioactive wastes) consolidated interim storage facilities (CISFs). See the full list of signatories, below.

Special thanks to Diane Curran, Beyond Nuclear's legal counsel, for doing the heavy lifting on this letter. Thanks also to all those who helped edit and proofread it. And thanks very much once again to all the groups and individuals who signed on.

Sincerely,

Kevin Kamps, Beyond Nuclear

P.S. In case DOE rejects our request, above, we will still need to meet its current March 4th deadline for public comments. To see coalition comments you can sign your organization onto, and how to do so by the March 4th deadline, see: http://archive.beyondnuclear.org/centralized-storage/2022/2/8/coalition-comment-letter-to-doe-re-consent-based-siting-for.html

Watch for additional email action alerts re: these coalition comments and the March 4th deadline in the days/weeks ahead, and please spread the word to your networks.

Full List of Signatories on 2/15/22 Letter to DOE requesting withdrawal/revision/re-publication of DOE RFI

Organizations

Beyond Nuclear; Cape Downwinders; Citizens Awareness Network; Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping; Citizens Resistance at Fermi Two; Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Great Lakes; Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety; Council on Intelligent Energy & Conservation Policy; Don’t Waste Arizona; Don't Waste Michigan; Earthkeeper Health Resources; Honor Our Pueblo Existence (H.O.P.E); Hudson River Sloop Clearwater; Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN); Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (member organizations include: Eastern Navajo Diné Against Uranium Mining; Red Water Pond Road Community Association; Laguna-Acoma Coalition for a Safe Environment; Post-71 Uranium Workers Committee; and Bluewater Downstream Valley Alliance); Native Community Action Council; National Nuclear Workers for Justice; Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); New England Coalition on Nuclear Pollution; North American Water Office (NAWO); Northeastern New Mexicans United Against Nuclear Waste; Northwatch; Nuclear Energy Information Service; Nuclear Free World Committee of the Dallas Peace and Justice Center; Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS); Nuclear Issues Study Group; Nuclear Watch South; Nukewatch; Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance; Ohio Nuclear Free Network; On Behalf of Planet Earth; Peace Farm; Portsmouth/Piketon Residents for Environmental Safety and Security; Safe Energy Rights Group; San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace; Snake River Alliance; Southwest Research and Information Center; Sustainable Energy and Economic Development (SEED) Coalition; Vermont Yankee Decommissioning Alliance. 

Individuals:

Lee Blackburn (Ohio); Stephanie Bilenko (Illinois); Carolyn Croom (Texas); Alice M. Evans, Ph.D. (Vermont); Bridget Houston Hyde (Texas); David Rosen, Certified Petroleum Geologist (Texas); Kathleen Russell (Michigan).