Regional
Group says Energy Department robbing cleanup funds
SEATTI.K (AP) Tlif I)«•
partment of Kneruv's proposed
1 l>mli;rt lor i leanup of no
clear wastes includes ,i! least
$250 million that will actually
lie spent for nut le.ir weapons
produition a i itizeus ipoop
said Wednesday
"The IM)1 is robbing the
i on^rcssiunal .11 1 omit for
cleanup of nuclear weapons
silcs and rising fin* money in
stead for nut le.ir weapons pro
dm lions costs." said (lerald
I’ollel e\ei ulive (iirei lor of the
lie000 member Heart of Ameri
i .i Northwest
In a 16-page report on its
studs of the department's pro
posed budget the group said
inappropriate items iiu hided as
"( leanup" included
$ U mill.oil for operation of
the I'lutonium t ranmin I Altai
lion Plant (I’l'KKXl .it the Man
ford nut lc.ir reservation and
Si 1 million for treatment of
dist harges at the plant
S44 i. million tor < onstrur
turn of a i ooling tower at the h
Keai tor at Savannah River in
South < urolina. and $44 mil
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lion for replat rmcnl of ,i waste
evaporator .il the same plant
$45 million for constructior
of buildings in operations at
Hanford and the Idaho National
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Heart of America Northwest
disclosed its report at news
conterem es in Washington.
DC. and Seattle
The report accused DOF of
deliberated distorting nuclear
weapons production costs
downward, and shifting those
iostv to cleanup, whit h is more
politic allv defensible in Con
gress
Font Olson, spokesman foi
the Knorgy Department in
Washington. lit: denied the
group s ac cusdtions
Ihe money budgeted for
i leamip is used pret isel\ for
that and it’s preposterous to sa\
it s used for anything else ' ()l
son said
Regarding (.barging opera
turns ( lists in the I’l K(•'X plant
Olson said the plant might be
started up to process nuclear
wastes as a wa\ of evenlualU
getting rid of them " I’hat's not
a defense production effort."
he said
The 1)01, lias requested 8
billion for environmental resto
ration and vv.isle management
tor tis< a 1 Ill‘) 1. said I leart of
America. ()l that, the group
said, about S'JII million will
go toward at dial i leamip with
much of the remainder being
spent for such tilings as mom
hiring wastes in bolding tanks
While sin b ( osis rightlv be
long in the category ol "clean
up' costs said i’ollet, the\ do
little toward restoring the envi
moment
The money would he the first
installment for cleaning up 17
mu tear waste production sites
in 12 stair's The eventual price
tag is expeeted to rise to $17UI
trillion to $2()() billion over U)
\ ears
I’ollet said Heart of America
Northwest wants ( ougress to
require the Knergv Department
to be more ai i ouiltable on how
its funds are spent, including
producing an annual report on
i leanup spending
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