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Uranium debate: Hearings this week to tackle EnergySolutions waste storage
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Go Jazz | 12:51 a.m. Sept. 20, 2009
Go Jazz
Anonymous | 6:01 a.m. Sept. 20, 2009
Governor Herbert, PLEASE do the right thing and listen to Rep. Matheson. This
is wrong from every possible angle (except financial, of course). Protect our
citizens, protect our beautiful state: SAY NO TO ENERGY SOLUTIONS.
S. Cloward | 9:16 a.m. Sept. 20, 2009
I fully support Matheson's remarks on Energy Solutions and the disposal of
radioactive materials at the Clive Site. Furtermore, Utah should not be the
dumping ground for this type of waste from all over the country. Why not change
the name of Energy Solutions to what it really is, "Energy Polutions of
Utah".
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Just say | 12:33 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
NO!
Anonymous | 2:15 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
As I look at it now, I say yes. A high percentage of people have radioactivity
in the homes right now. Do they know that? Learn the truth before fearing it.
This is morally wrong. | 2:43 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
How can any politician consider acting against my health without permission.
Forgetting surveys that can be manipulated. Think about it, if you actually were
talking with every Utahn individually almost everyone would say no accept those
who care more about money.
I was against this from day one, the church came out and said it also.
No, no, no, no, and NO! to Energy Solutions and those who conspire against good things EVEN when Utah had already voiced our opinion before now.
Directly from the church website...
If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
The LDS Church released this statement in 2005
"We regret the decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to authorize the issuance of a license that would allow storage of radioactive waste in Skull Valley. Storage of nuclear waste in Utah is a matter of significant public interest that requires thorough scrutiny."
I support this statement and I detest any politician who dare deny what the majority of Utah citizens are asking for.
Start serving us and NOT yourselves.
I was against this from day one, the church came out and said it also.
No, no, no, no, and NO! to Energy Solutions and those who conspire against good things EVEN when Utah had already voiced our opinion before now.
Directly from the church website...
If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
The LDS Church released this statement in 2005
"We regret the decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to authorize the issuance of a license that would allow storage of radioactive waste in Skull Valley. Storage of nuclear waste in Utah is a matter of significant public interest that requires thorough scrutiny."
I support this statement and I detest any politician who dare deny what the majority of Utah citizens are asking for.
Start serving us and NOT yourselves.
Why not back east!?!? | 2:49 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
What makes it so easy for people to hurt us?
I say dump it all in Washington, their the ones using all this crap! The east coast wouldn't dare do anything that hurt themselves.
State rights need to be defended.
The day that this is allowed is the day I stop calling myself a Utah'n.
We are nothing like what the founding fathers wanted. It doesn't take common sense to figure this stuff out. If you dish it, you can take it. The east coast needs to take some of the CRAP that they dish out. Notice how they want NEVADA to be the test site, why not use land in the middle of the US? or heaven forbid anywhere near the east coast where the money is.
It's un-American and HAS TO STOP. Republican or Democrat, they are all up to no good.
I say dump it all in Washington, their the ones using all this crap! The east coast wouldn't dare do anything that hurt themselves.
State rights need to be defended.
The day that this is allowed is the day I stop calling myself a Utah'n.
We are nothing like what the founding fathers wanted. It doesn't take common sense to figure this stuff out. If you dish it, you can take it. The east coast needs to take some of the CRAP that they dish out. Notice how they want NEVADA to be the test site, why not use land in the middle of the US? or heaven forbid anywhere near the east coast where the money is.
It's un-American and HAS TO STOP. Republican or Democrat, they are all up to no good.
MUST BE THE $$$$$ | 3:38 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
i thought this issue was covered with the denial of the goshutes not being able
to store their spent uranium over there...what gives here?? maybe a kickback or
two?
Silva | 3:42 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
The container only lasts 500 years? Depleted uranium gets hotter and hotter for
tens of thousands of years.
More people in Iraq died after the first Gulf War from the depleted uranium casings, that from the bombs themselves. Not to mention our own service men.
The downwinders in Southern Utah died for nothing, if we never learned a lesson from our own carelessness.
This should never of been allowed to get this far. Not this close to a major city, and over the largest inland aquifers in this country.
More people in Iraq died after the first Gulf War from the depleted uranium casings, that from the bombs themselves. Not to mention our own service men.
The downwinders in Southern Utah died for nothing, if we never learned a lesson from our own carelessness.
This should never of been allowed to get this far. Not this close to a major city, and over the largest inland aquifers in this country.
oh let them do it | 3:45 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
what difference is going to make the state is toxined out beyond repair and
besides isn't most suppose to head to missouri also?
Your health? | 4:33 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
Last time I checked there were no sub-divisions in Clive. How is it going to
effect "your" health? Get real people.
Please go out to ES and educate yourself before commenting people.....I bet you don't even know where it is located.
Hint..they do not store it in the basement of the Jazz facility.
Please go out to ES and educate yourself before commenting people.....I bet you don't even know where it is located.
Hint..they do not store it in the basement of the Jazz facility.
no idea | 6:33 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
Most people have no idea what goes into storing this stuff. You are perfectly
safe around these containers. They are protected. As much as you might think,
you'll have a much greater chance getting sick at your local dump than you
would living right next to a container holding this waste. These containers are
built to last and to withstand all types of catastrophes.
This stuff is here to stay. Nuclear energy is the future and theres not much to stop it. The research is happening to reduce the waste but its what we have to live with now. Its a small price to pay for the worlds energy.
This stuff is here to stay. Nuclear energy is the future and theres not much to stop it. The research is happening to reduce the waste but its what we have to live with now. Its a small price to pay for the worlds energy.
WHAT A FARCE | 7:14 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
one of my sons worked in a mill down south, brought home alot of dust...safety
was lacks when not inspected...lets see what happens to those workers ten years
down the line. oh but it is the job of the future...then how come those trucks
go through town mostly when people are sleeping and what is comming out of thos
chimneys lands somewhere as there is no such thing as a "clean
Mill"..get real.
Anonymous | 10:04 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
The best government money can buy.
Dave | 10:58 p.m. Sept. 20, 2009
It's interesting to see how uninformed people equate the storage/disposal
of low level nuclear waste to the nuclear waste from nuclear powered electrical
generating plants. There is no comparison between the hazards of the two
materials. (Except for the fact that the descriptions of the two both contain
the word "nuclear.")
JD McKenzie | 8:11 p.m. Sept. 21, 2009
The nuclear remains/waste should stay where the nuclear benefits have been
realized (including the money).
However, if the decision is made to bring even more into the State, lets do it right:
-- Nuclear remains last forever, for all practical purposes, so the fees should also go forever. Perpetual active waste should have perpetual annual fees. No more pay once and forget it.
-- The fees should be truly reflective of the benefits realized - the fees should total hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Utah.
-- Part of the fees should be used to support research into proper treatment and possible eventual elimination of nuclear waste.
-- Utah should welcome nuclear power generation and export a large portion of the energy for added financial benefits - and "Energy State."
-- Utah should decide what comes into Utah. The nuclear energy commission has a vested interest in promoting inexpensive nuclear waste storage.
Utah is blessed with many energy resources that need to be actively and wisely developed (coal, oil, gas, oil shale, tar rock, nuclear, and renewables).
However, if the decision is made to bring even more into the State, lets do it right:
-- Nuclear remains last forever, for all practical purposes, so the fees should also go forever. Perpetual active waste should have perpetual annual fees. No more pay once and forget it.
-- The fees should be truly reflective of the benefits realized - the fees should total hundreds of millions of dollars annually to Utah.
-- Part of the fees should be used to support research into proper treatment and possible eventual elimination of nuclear waste.
-- Utah should welcome nuclear power generation and export a large portion of the energy for added financial benefits - and "Energy State."
-- Utah should decide what comes into Utah. The nuclear energy commission has a vested interest in promoting inexpensive nuclear waste storage.
Utah is blessed with many energy resources that need to be actively and wisely developed (coal, oil, gas, oil shale, tar rock, nuclear, and renewables).
jude | 1:06 p.m. Sept. 30, 2009
We need to be focusing on natural ways of producing electricity, such as;
sunlight, wind power, hydro power and the power of our own legs to turn off
those light switches.
We will need to change human ways of how we live our day to day lives...but so what???? Nuclear is not our answer to anything. Why would we even consider such a thing as nuclear power when WE HAVE NO WAY TO STORE THE WASTE?????
We will need to change human ways of how we live our day to day lives...but so what???? Nuclear is not our answer to anything. Why would we even consider such a thing as nuclear power when WE HAVE NO WAY TO STORE THE WASTE?????
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Douglas C. Pizac, Associated Press
The uranium Shootaring Mill is engulfed in sunrise light Thursday, July 13, 2006, north of Ticaboo, Utah. It was the last U.S. uranium mill ever built and was shut down almost as quickly as it started operating in 1982.
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