Suitability of Hanford as waste site debated
By Linda Hahn
Of ttw Kmeraid
New criteria for choosing
sites to be tested for the perma
nent underground storage of
nuclear wastes should be
developed by the U.S. Con
gress. Gordon Goles. a Universi
ty geology professor, said
Friday.
Goles and five other Universi
ty representatives debated the
suitability of Hanford for waste
storage with Gail Hunt, a
spokesman for the U.S. Depart
ment of Energy, as part of a
symposium. “Hanford: The
Nuclear Age in the Northwest."
Hanford was chosen because
Congress requested that the
energy department look at sites
with existing facilities, not
because of their geologic
suitability. Hunt admitted. The
Hanford nuclear reservation,
located in southeast
Washington, was built during
World War II and presently is
host to the largest stockpile of
nuclear wastes in the world, ac
cording to pamphlets from the
Survival Center, which spon
sored the event.
When asked by biology Pro
fessor Stan Cook if Hanford
would have been considered if
the site had not been previously
used to store radioactive
materials. Hunt said. “No."
Hunt said that five more years
of testing at Hanford must be
completed to determine site
suitability. Testing of the Han
ford site in southeast
Washington has already cost the
energy department $300 million
since Hanford was chosen last
year. The price tag for testing
prohahly will reach $1 billion
before the tests are completed.
Hunt said. Two other sites. In
Texas and Nevada, also are be
ing tested and probably will
cost about $1 biilton each before
suitability is determined, Hunt
said.
Hunt admitted he would
prefer locating a nuclear waste
storage site on a hard type of
rock, such as granite, instead of
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the basalt roc k that lias beneath
Hanford. Because Hanford is
located at a fold in the mantla
crust, the site also may tie prone
to earthquakes.
And Cook said that Hanford's
location in a flood plain
saturated with groundwater
next to the Columbia Kiver also
could cause problems. The
situation could cause seepage of
radioactive material to the afr or i.
to groundwater, he said, . •'
"Ideally, one woold want to
put this stuff where it is arid
and things can’t he leeched."
Cook said.. "It is a mistake of
Congress to coptniit us there:’,'.
• Hunt said Hanford Is,the only
site • lining, considered 'that' js
beluvr . the : water table‘. Two
.other possible sites a.lSo liiiing
tested in Nevada.arid’Texas,are
above the water ’biblrpTu'/suid
•"-Water is . jhe’Ta.tal . flaw."
. jiuirt said, ‘"Kor a repositorv to
be .selected , "w-g/. ha'Vet. to
• "demonstrate • .that the Abater
•.mcjvim so slowlv thfcUt doesn't
ntatter'". Again..Hunt slid tests
presentjv -belng dryie;. by the
enefgv department'- <it‘ J laidord
' will determine its s-r’iiit>il»MIit"v•
' .However.’. Coins ' ‘said ,;the
‘testing should. bo-stopped. and
Congress should-He’ .asked to
.' review its division, .
. * • ;'|t jesmi to me that, cifi/eris
are lining handed • a, .|Kilit.lc:al
'--decision ll is likely, there will
. 'be a repository onthetiU'.'Nune
of. the.sites', is fiestY aiid il is
/possible to find ijne -tii.it,is l*-i
[. ter:” (ioles said' f \\ deed l< >
pUI pressure. on. Congress, to
review their det isit»n• 4h'd' look
'at. their set of -criteria -so vve
don’t get .caught in this” bind
. ..again." ", . ■ • -
,8ut Hubt .questioned how
good is. grind enough.' .
"We cnn’i study the' whbfe
.world." Hunt said'. "GCs find a
suitable site w in-re there won't
■ la- releases Into'th»v biosphere
t; a'li'd , determine if it is
,. acceptable." '/
. According t«» the Nuclear
Waste Act' l,ollcy--of ,168?, site
suitability must tie determined
• by-l****:» and completed by 1998
However, Hunt said the energy
'department has missed every
date.on tlie timetable Congress
set up, :
. • .‘'We've been • -.late due to
' public involvement." Hunt
‘- .said.'. The process is set up
with public involvement at all
levels. The licensing process
precludes a political decision."
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