Still time to tell DOE "No!" on parking lot radioactive waste dumps!

Representatives from multiple environmental groups "just say no" to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's "Nuke Waste Con Game" at the agency's HQ in Rockville, MD in late 2013In an outrageous and flagrant disregard for the public input process, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the summary of public comments regarding DOE's so-called "Consent-Based Siting" plan a mere 19 hours before its September 15 DC meeting. Only then, was Beyond Nuclear was able to get a look at the agency's newly published draft report summary of public comments along with links to the 10,000 full public comments. 

 

Comments were mostly generated by the members of groups including Beyond Nuclear, NIRS, Public Citizen, Sierra Club Nuclear-Free Campaign, and more. Thank you to all who submitted comments!

 

There will be another round of public comments, from Sept. 15 to Oct. 30, on the current draft report. DOE has indicated it will incorporate this last round of public comments into its final draft report, to be published by the end of 2016. Watch for sample talking points to use for your own submissions, coming soon from Beyond Nuclear, along with instructions on how to submit comments once we receive the DOE guidelines.

 

DOE clearly plans to push - and even fast-track - these senseless high-risk parking lot dumps.

 

We must continue to let DOE know that we DO NOT CONSENT! (Use Beyond Nuclear's sample talking points to write your own comments for submission to DOE. See how to submit them, below.)

Update on September 22, 2016 by admin

DOE has instructed that public comments should be sent, between now and October 30th, to the following email address: consentbasedsiting@hq.doe.gov. See the "Next Steps" section, at the bottom of DOE's Consent-Based Siting website page.