10,000 COMMENTS! No nuke waste in landfills!

According to NIRS, nearly 10,000 comments opposing plans to let atomic waste go to regular landfills, incinerators, recycling centers, etc. were submitted against NRC's deregulatory "Very Low-Level Waste" (VLLW) scheme by the Oct. 21 deadline! Thanks to all of you who took action in response to our alert last week! Beyond Nuclear submitted comments, regarding the likelihood that radioactive wastes could simply be dumped at hazardous materials landfills: "Rachel Carson warned about the synergistic effects of radiation and toxic chemicals in her iconic book Silent Spring, credited by many as launching the environmental movement in the early 1960s." Not for the first time, the anti-nuclear movement has resisted the Very Large Lies re: Very Long-Lasting radioactive wastes!

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