Barnwell nuclear waste dump meeting Tuesday March 6

date: Tuesday, March 6
time: 2:30 p.m.
place: Blatt Building of the State House complex, room 410
what: public meeting of the House Environmental Affairs Subcommittee to discuss the future of Barnwell Nuclear Waste dump

Dear Environmental Issues committe and friends,

Tomorrow afternoon the House Environmental Affairs agriculture subcommittee will meet to discuss the future of the Barnwell low-level nuclear waste landfill. As you may have read in The State newspaper (article on front page of today’s paper and others in prior issues), the SC State Legislature is being lobbied by energy Solutions, the current owner of the Barnwell site, to continue accepting waste from the entier nation through the year 2023. it is currently scheduled to close to other states next year, according to an agreement reached in 2000. It would then accept waste from South Carolina only.

Energy Solutions has also applied for approval to enlarge the facility, building more trenches to increase the capacity of the landfill. While it is officially called “low-level” the waste received at Barnwell includes highly radioactive parts from nuclear reactors.

I plan to attend the meeting of the subcommittee along with other citizens concerned about South Carolina becoming the nation’s only dumping for low-level nuclear waste. If your schedule permits, and you would like to voice your concern or find out more information, please join us.

If you cannot attend the meeting, please contact Rep. Joan Brady, who serves on this sub-committee and is interested in hearing from constituents on the subject. Her office telephone is 734-3027 and her email is BradyJ@schouse.org

Best wishes,
Meira Warshauer