Comments about ‘Board votes against N-waste ban’

I appreciate the boards decisions. I am in not way affiliated with Energy Solutions either. It's a known fact that nuclear waste in the US has been the cause of exactly zero fatalities in the 60 plus years of the Nuclear age. The Nuclear industry is the most highly regulated industry in the world with COAL as a close second.
People living near nuclear facilities are bombarded with 200% LESS radiation than those who live within 200 miles of a coal power plant.
We should embrace the miracle of nuclear power and responsibly tackle the residual byproducts. The "not in my backyard" syndrome coupled with ignorant biases are the backbone of what's preventing the US from becoming an energy exporter in the world energy markets.

The thing not really mentioned here, nor admitted by HEAL is that while the moratorium was going through the rule-making process, DU would continue to be received under the current regulations. ES can accept DU waste now under current rules, the moratorium would've been powerless until final rule making and legal appeals were complete (as was heard in the meeting last night, this could've taken 2-3 years). What the Board did was actually better than the moratorium because it is now able to hold ES responsible for a rule (yet to be finalized) more stringent than current rules at any time into the future.

What did become clear (and not mentioned in the article either) was that HEAL was looking for a ban on DU waste, not a moratorium. And as the NRC said last night, a ban would not be possible. So HEAL actually got more than what they asked for, it just wasn't what they really wanted.

Non-hippy Californian,
We've gotten to the point that NIMBY is no longer the fashionable environmental cry. It allows too much leeway. The new cry is BANANA:

Build
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