What the Dept. of Energy going to do would be immoral and illegal.
Updates & News Blog
We're still waiting to hear back from the Dept. of Energy's projector director in charge of the #SantaSusana Field Lab (SSFL) cleanup. In a California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) meeting a few weeks ago they said that 4 of the 8 buildings they plan to demolish at the SSFL would go to a hazardous waste site, instead of a low-level radioactive waste site (and we know that anything labeled "low-level radioactive" can still be incredibly "hot" and contaminated. It's a term meant to confuse the public into believing it's not harmful). This is dangerous, immoral, and it breaks their 2010 AOC cleanup agreements. We haven't heard back, we'll keep you posted. The last thing we want is for the contamination that's been harming our children here to go to an unsuspecting community whose children could get cancer. There's no such thing as other people's kids- we are determined to protect every child from cancer causing radioactive waste from the SSFL.
The consent order: https://dtsc.ca.gov/2020/11/06/news-release_t-20-20/
Low Level waste dumping: https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2020-04-06/nuclear-waste/nrc-proposes-allowing-nuclear-waste-at-dumps-recycling-sites/a69794-1
