We Do Not Consent! Coalition Calls for DOE Do-Over
Beyond Nuclear has joined with 50 organizations and individuals, urging the U.S. Department of Energy to re-do its fatally flawed Dec. 1 Request for Information re: "consent-based siting" of federal consolidated interim storage facilities for highly radioactive wastes. Our legal counsel, Diane Curran, submitted the letter on Feb. 15, calling on DOE to withdraw the RFI, and if necessary, to revise and re-publish it. The request featured Native American NGOs and Indigenous-led groups, including CRAFT, IEN, HOPE, MASE, NAWO, NCAC, and NISG. DOE has failed to adequately consult with Native American tribes in a legally required government-to-government manner, especially given DOE's infamously bad past behavior on an issue so critical to environmental justice.
February 17, 2022