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BLUE RIDGE ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE LEAGUE NEW REPORT PUTS CHARLOTTE AT THE NUCLEAR CROSSROADS May 22, 2007: At a press conference on the North Carolina-South
Carolina line, citizens’ groups from two states released a
new report which details the dangers of high-level nuclear waste
shipments under the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership program.
Author John Sticpewich of Commonsense at the Nuclear crossroads
used the Department of Energy’s routing criteria to produce
the maps and tables in More Than A TAD: A Study of the
Problems With the Transport and Reprocessing of Nuclear Waste in
the Carolinas. The report lists nuclear power plants in 17
states from which nuclear waste shipments would pass en route to
Savannah River, a potential GNEP site. For example, from 2,146 to
4,498 shipments would likely pass through the Charlotte-Rock Hill
area on Interstate 77. DOE has already held public hearings on
their plans for centralized storage and reprocessing. Statements
from representatives of organizations - BREDL May 22, 2007
press conference on dangers and risks regarding transportation of
high level nuclear waste across Carolinas
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