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Iowa Wind Energy Association-Board of Directors, Chair Small & Community
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From: Leslie March, Sierra Club Volunteer <
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Date: Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 6:15 PM
Subject: Nuclear waste in our communities?
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Dear Mike,
  *Take action to protect our communities from nuclear
waste!<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=wWqkya0NV46fvLdqLDYF9g>
*

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mother]<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=yy9R_e_eNB3733_bguXFlg>
*Leslie March and her mother in 1955*
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I first learned about "atomic waste" in my high chair; I grew up in the
fifties in Washington State and my grandfather frequently had business at
the Hanford Reservation (now the most contaminated nuclear waste site in
North America). I remember my mother arguing with him about the dangers of
nuclear waste: she was concerned about the health of the Columbia River; he
trusted that the plant would be safe.

But my mother was right: the tanks containing highly radioactive waste are
leaking, and the Columbia River is at risk.1

*We now have the opportunity to protect communities across the nation from
radioactive waste. Please take action
today!<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=20qBOOWf0Mk_UkxBdq3DVw>
*

The reactors at Hanford are now closed. But when I discovered that another
nuclear reactor (the same kind used at Fukushima) now operates within miles
of the Columbia River, I was motivated to take action to protect the river,
and began organizing in my community. I was dismayed when the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission (NRC) recently relicensed the Columbia Generating
Station for another 20 years -- even though they don’t have a solid plan
for storing the waste safely.

Fortunately the courts are now requiring the NRC to have a moratorium on
licensing until they do an environmental impact statement on the
radioactive waste. Now we have a chance to protect the river by demanding
that the waste be stored safely.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is now developing new rules for the
long-term storage of highly radioactive waste from the nation’s nuclear
reactors. *These rules will determine whether or not your state becomes a
transportation route for thousands of shipments of highly radioactive waste
on super-trucks*, *or a storage site for some or all of the 70,000+ tons of
radioactive waste*.

The federal government is now taking public comments on these rules: please
tell the NRC to enact strong rules to protect our communities and
environment. <http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=8FaZzKdx2wIWpmqgnn0lbA>

We have a very unique opportunity to have a say in how our country handles
radioactive waste from nuclear reactors in the future.  If we don't step up
and comment, we will have lost our ability to protect our grandchildren,
and many generations to come, from the deadly dangers of radiation.

Let the NRC know that we are not confident with the current way they have
regulated radioactive waste – they need to do
more.<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=FCzV5jsoaxQUr8rOD8hjQg>

Thank you for everything you do for the environment,

Leslie March
Sierra Club Nuclear Program Volunteer Lead

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[1] "Hanford Nuclear Reservation Tanks Leaking Radioactive Waste
Underground, Governor Inslee
Says,"<http://action.sierraclub.org/site/R?i=kwc2g0eduYzVwvUBO9SYJg>AP/Huffington
Post, February 22, 2013.

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