Crowd says no to more waste at Hanford

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Hurray for Ron Wyden!

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/tch/local/story/9257848p-9172799c.html

Crowd says no to more waste at Hanford

Published Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

ANNETTE CARY HERALD STAFF WRITER

TROUTDALE, Ore. -- A standing-room-only crowd near Portland had a clear message for the Department of Energy on Monday night: Send no more radioactive waste to the Hanford nuclear reservation.

It's different than the usual "not in my backyard," said Ken Niles, assistant director of the Oregon Department of Energy.

"We're saying no more in our backyard because it is so horribly contaminated already," he said.

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Given DOE's long history of waste and cleanup mismanagement, a proposal to bring more waste to Hanford is essentially a plan to turn Hanford into a permanent national sacrifice zone, according to comments by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, read into the meeting record by a congressional staffer.

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