More info on HR 3053 from NIRS -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: RE: HR 3053-National Nuclear Waste Policy Act revision- moves to Senate Date: Mon, 14 May 2018 23:44:26 +0000 From: Mary Olson <maryo@nirs.org> To: Don—THANK You for posting. I am not a subscriber to all the lists you copied (and are listed above)…only the NFC list. Re: HR 3053 / the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act: If folks are not on the Nuclear Information and Resource Service ALERT list, you might want to look back at some of the action-steps / background info. We don’t know what a Senate Bill would look like, but speaking against the bad provisions of HR 3053 is a good starting point. NIRS ALERTS: https://www.nirs.org/alerts-rss/(there are a range of issues—but MANY on this waste bill). Join the ALERT LIST (we will be working the Senate side): http://org2.salsalabs.com/o/5502/p/salsa/web/common/public/signup?signup_pag... If these provisions become law, it will allow the Dept of Energy to become owner of the largest pile of irradiated fuel on the planet, currently located in over 70 congressional districts, and on property belonging to some of the largest corporations in any state) and then ship it, as tax-payer property, to privately owned storage sites (each in only one congressional district) and then, well, probably effectively walk away…leaving one House Member and two Senators to worry about what happens next. Alternately, AREVA will determine what happens next, since the French reprocessing giant loves plutonium separation, one can imagine a huge nuclear-welfare-program for the plutonium-based “Gen IV” reactors….or since it is now DOE / NNSA plutonium…hell, why not just send it off to NNSA Plutonium Land. (I know, I get a bit over the top about Plutonium—I have given 20+ years to the NIX MOX campaign…and am deeply offended to hear that NNSA / DOE want to take the MOX factory (at SRS) we fought long and hard and now convert it to a Plutonium PIT factory—the cores for thermonuclear weapons). Great. Mary Mary Olson maryo@nirs.org <mailto:maryo@nirs.org> NIRS Southeast www.nirs.org <http://www.nirs.org> 828-252-8409 / 828-242-5621 cell *From:*nirs@sanonofre.com [mailto:nirs@sanonofre.com] *On Behalf Of *Louise Dunlap *Sent:* Monday, May 14, 2018 12:53 PM *To:* Don Eichelberger <done7777@sbcglobal.net> *Cc:* Abalone Alliance Clearinghouse <abalone@energy-net.org>; GPSF Sustainability Working Group <sustainability@sfgreens.org>; green issues working group <green-issues-wg@cagreens.org>; NFC Summit Group <nirs@sanonofre.com> *Subject:* Re: HR 3053-National Nuclear Waste Policy Act revision- moves to Senate Thanks for giving voice to this hard news.  I wondered why this list was so silent on it.  There is one petition out there, but I trust there will be other concerted efforts.  Here it is https://secure.foodandwateraction.org/act/tell-senate-no-nuclear-waste-yucca... Louise D. On May 13, 2018, at 4:18 PM, Don Eichelberger <done7777@sbcglobal.net <mailto:done7777@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: Dear Everyone- The unthinkable happened on May 10th when House of Representatives passed the Nuclear Waste Policy Act revision, HR 3015. Among other egregious things this bill would do is to privatize High Level Nuclear Waste storage: "This  title  also  authorizes  DOE to  enter  into  an  agreement  with  a  non-Federal  entity  for  the  purposes of storing SNF (spent nuclear fuel) to which the Department holds title." (from bill Purpose and Summary) The bill also calls for forcing nuclear waste storage- at least interim- at Yucca Mountain. read the bill here: https://www.congress.gov/115/crpt/hrpt355/CRPT-115hrpt355-pt1.pdf At this writing it has not been issued a Senate Bill number yet. It will most likely go to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee for debate and amendment. They can be contacted through https://www.energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/home No telling if and when it will come to a floor vote, although I would think they'll try for sooner than later. Contact your senator early and often. https://www.senate.gov/reference/common/faq/How_to_correspond_senators.htm Until it can be moved to one permanent location it is highly stupid to be moving this stuff around very much given the potential devastation of an accident or worse. Please do what you can to stop the stupids. 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