Heart of America Northwest warns Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission about reprocessing

Matt Wald of the New York Times reports on his blog "Green" that Gerry Pollet of Heart of America Northwest, a watchdog group on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State, has warned President Obama's "Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future" that reprocessing is a dangerous mistake, a lesson learned the hard way on the banks of the Columbia River. The Blue Ribbon Commission will be holding its third meeting in mid-July in the vicinity of Hanford. The first two meetings were held in Washington D.C. The BRC will meet every other month until mid-2011, when its draft report is due on a "Plan B" now that President Obama has wisely cancelled the Yucca dump in Nevada. A final report will be done by early 2012.