Whistleblowers, investigations, reports & audits, scientists and managers….
are all raising red flags about Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant. Will it work? Is it safe? We need a safe and effective Waste Treatment Plant to immobilize millions of gallons of high-level nuclear waste and protect the Columbia River.Click here to hear an interview with Tom Carpenter, Hanford Challenge’s Executive Director, about the most recent findings that the Department of Energy cannot prove the safety of some plant components.
A tsunami of evidence is building that shows the Waste Treatment Plant is in jeopardy:
The pursuit to stay on schedule has crippled the entire operation. This sucker is not going to run as currently designed, plain and simple, and a heck of a lot of people around here know it but are too afraid to speak up. David Bruce, Nuclear Process Chemical Engineer, quoted in Seattle Weekly, Toxic Avengers, February 22, 2012.
Engineers and other experts aren’t just warning that the way this facility has been operated risks wasting more time and money by proceeding. … They’re warning that continuing with these plans risks people’s lives. The Energy Department needs to prove it is committed to addressing the rampant mismanagement at the plant. Congressional Representative Ed Markey, D-Mass., quoted in USA Today, Jan. 27, 2012
There’s a lot of pressure … from Congress, from the state, from the community to make progress,” As a result, “the design processes are cut short, the safety analyses are cut short, and the oversight is cut short. … We have to stop now and figure out how to do this right, before we move any further. Don Alexander, Senior Scientist, Department of Energy.
Contact your members of Congress and let them know that the Plant needs an independent, high level technical review to catch design issues before nuclear waste begins to flow into a dangerously flawed Plant.
A Tsunami is Building…
Whistleblowers, investigations, reports & audits, scientists and managers….
are all raising red flags about Hanford’s Waste Treatment Plant. Will it work? Is it safe? We need a safe and effective Waste Treatment Plant to immobilize millions of gallons of high-level nuclear waste and protect the Columbia River. Click here to hear an interview with Tom Carpenter, Hanford Challenge’s Executive Director, about the most recent findings that the Department of Energy cannot prove the safety of some plant components.
A tsunami of evidence is building that shows the Waste Treatment Plant is in jeopardy:
Engineers and other experts aren’t just warning that the way this facility has been operated risks wasting more time and money by proceeding. … They’re warning that continuing with these plans risks people’s lives. The Energy Department needs to prove it is committed to addressing the rampant mismanagement at the plant. Congressional Representative Ed Markey, D-Mass., quoted in USA Today, Jan. 27, 2012
There’s a lot of pressure … from Congress, from the state, from the community to make progress,” As a result, “the design processes are cut short, the safety analyses are cut short, and the oversight is cut short. … We have to stop now and figure out how to do this right, before we move any further. Don Alexander, Senior Scientist, Department of Energy.
Contact your members of Congress and let them know that the Plant needs an independent, high level technical review to catch design issues before nuclear waste begins to flow into a dangerously flawed Plant.