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Senator. Paul Trible recently spoke out in opposition to the Department of Energy’s plan to locate a second high-level nuclear waste storage facility somewhere on the East Coast. Three of the possible sites are located in Virginia.
Secretary of Energy John Harrington recently announced plans to resume the search for a second site. When the search was suspended last year, the list of possible sites included Bedford County, Halifax and Pittsylvania counties, and Louisa and Hanover counties.
“I have introduced, along with Congressman Dan Daniel, legislation to eliminate the second highlevel nuclear waste site and allow all waste to be stored in one site now being established in the western United States,” Sen. Trible said.
“There is no need for our nation to pursue plans for a second site. The western site is capable of holding all the waste generated until the year 2020. In addition, at a time of spending restraint, it makes no sense to spend billions of dollars we don’t have on a second site that’s unnecessary.”
He explained that the legislation would prohibit the Department of Energy from moving ahead on the selection process for the second site and would remove the 70,000 metric ton cap placed on the dump site in the western United States.
“By lifting this arbitrary limit,” Sen. Trible said, “the first site could be expanded to hold all the waste expected to be generated until the year 2020. There is no technical basis for the 70,000 ton capacity.” One site will meet our national needs, the senator stressed. “In addition, while the Department of Energy is projecting declining (nuclear) waste production, estimates of the cost of disposal sites are rising from $19.6 billion to $26.7 billion (per site) in only 18 months. This is money we simply don’t have.”
“It’s essential we end the search for a second site and I’ll do all I can to protect Virginia,” Sen. Trible promised.
Blasts security breaches
Sen. Trible also blasted the government’s decision to allow Soviet contractors to work on the United
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