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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS
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Funds intended to cleanup contamination at sites administered by the Department of Energy of the federal government (as at Hanford, Washington) should not be diverted to re-start the Fast Flux Test Reactor at the Hanford site since the tritium to be produced would be for defense purposes. If additional tritium should be needed for defense purposes, it should be obtained through other means elsewhere, using funds of the Department of Defense--and only after full NEPA compliance (an EIS and public review). [Res. 9, 1996]
Because of the danger, spent fuel containing plutonium from nuclear power plants abroad should not be shipped to reprocessing sites through densely populated port areas, such as in Puget Sound. [Res. 18, 1991]
Yucca Mountain, Nevada is not a suitable site for a high-level nuclear waste repository because of the high amount of seismic activity in the area and the risk of contaminating ground water there (contamination could affect Death Valley National Park). Other less environmentally damaging methods for disposing of high-level nuclear wastes ought to be explored. In no event, should decisions on such matters be made in a manner that would bypass compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act. [Res. 17, 2000]
Because of the danger posed by nuclear wastes, plans should not go forward to develop a repository for nuclear waste from 18 states in California close to I-40 near the Arizona border. [Res. 22, 1991] The proposed Ward Valley nuclear waste repository threatens the Colorado River with radioactive contamination, as well as the nearby Mojave National Preserve and other wilderness areas and should not go forward; nor should federal land there be transferred to the state to facilitate the project. [Res. 11, 1995]
Studies are needed to further evaluate the long-term effects of depositing municipal and industrial waste sludges on farm and forest lands in light of the toxic materials and pathogens contained in such wastes and their effects on public health, food supplies and recreationists, as well as on animals. [Res. 8, 2000]
The federal government should strictly enforce laws on the books to limit the amount of mercury entering the air from dirty coal-fired power plants. It opposes a proposed cap and trade alternative policies proposed by the Bush administration that would treble the amount of mercury released after 2018. Mercury is particularly damaging to fetuses and children. Ambient mercury has been increasing recently because of regulatory failures. [Res. 3, 2004]
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