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Trump’s plan to reclassify nuke waste sets off alarms
at stake,” Carpenter said about the
proposed change.
He noted that Hanford is
located in an environmentally sen-
sitive site adjacent to the Colum-
bia River and susceptible to earth-
quakes, volcanoes and fl ooding.
Hanford was established by the
Manhattan Project in World War II
to make plutonium, a key ingredi-
ent in the atomic bomb dropped on
Nagasaki, Japan. The plant went on
to produce most of the plutonium
for the nation’s nuclear arsenal.
As a result, the site also con-
tains the nation’s largest collection
of nuclear waste. The most danger-
ous is stored in 177 aging under-
ground tanks, some of which have
leaked. The tanks hold some 56
million gallons of radioactive and
hazardous chemical wastes wait-
ing to be treated for permanent
disposal.
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press
SPOKANE, Wash. — The
Trump administration wants to
reclassify some radioactive waste
left from the production of nuclear
weapons to lower its threat level
and make disposal cheaper and
easier.
The proposal by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Energy would lower the
status of some high-level radioac-
tive waste in several places around
the nation, including the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation in Washing-
ton state — the most contaminated
nuclear site in the country.
Reclassifying the material to
low-level could save the agency
billions of dollars and decades of
work by essentially leaving the
material in the ground, critics say.
The proposal joins a long list
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Workers at the ‘C’ Tank Farm at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
near Richland, Wash., in 2013.
of Trump administration efforts to
loosen environmental protections.
Just last week, the U.S. Environ-
mental Protection Agency acted to
ease rules on the sagging U.S. coal
industry.
Tom Carpenter, of Hanford
Challenge, a nuclear watchdog
group, said it wants a thorough
cleanup of the Washington state
nuclear site, which is half the size
of Rhode Island. That includes
building a national repository
somewhere else to bury the waste
once it has been stabilized.
“The cleanup of the site is really
State hosts hikes on New Year’s Day
Dorothy ‘Cis’ Christine Wilson
Astoria
Aug. 10, 1965 — Dec. 1, 2018
information if hike details change.
The hike at Oswald West will meet at
8 a.m. at the Elk Flats Trail parking lot for
a moderate, 2-mile hike on the Elk Flats
Trail that features coastal forest and a stop
at the Devil’s Caldron overlook. Park staff
recommend carpooling since parking at the
trailhead is limited. The terrain is not suit-
able for baby strollers and bringing along
dogs is not recommended.
The hike at Fort Stevens will meet at
the park’s Lot A at 10 a.m. and features an
easy, 4-mile hike on various paved trails.
The trek will pass Swash Lake, an inter-
tidal marsh famous for its winter water-
fowl . Dogs must be kept on a 6 -foot leash.
It is recommended that all hikers dress
in layers, wear sturdy shoes and bring
water.
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
The Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department wants people to spend the fi rst
day of 2019 outside.
The department will host guided hikes
at 31 parks across the state, including Fort
Stevens near Warrenton and Oswald West
south of Cannon Beach, on Jan. 1. Park
rangers and volunteers will lead the hikes
and share stories about the park’s history,
geology, wildlife and plants.
The hikes are free and all day-use park-
ing fees will be waived at participating
parks . Hikers can register online at bit.
ly/ParkStoreEvents. Registration is not
required, but will help park staff plan hikes
and provide them with participants’ contact
FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA
TONIGHT
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Coos Bay
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MIDDLETON, Elizabeth Sharon, 78, of
Warrenton, died in Warrenton. Caldwell’s
Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in
charge of the arrangements.
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Svensen Market Road, Svensen.
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and charged with DUII.
• At 5:41 p.m. Friday,
Hayden Davis, 26, of Asto-
ria, was arrested by the Clat-
sop County Sheriff’s Offi ce
on the 1790 block of South-
east Ensign Lane in War-
renton and charged with
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offi cer. After being pulled
over in the Walmart park-
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and Columbia Street and
charged with DUII. His
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• At 5:45 p.m. Friday,
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TUESDAY
Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m., work
session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall,
225 S. Main Ave.
Astoria Planning Commission, 6:30 p.m., City
Hall, 1095 Duane St.
Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m.,
Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave.,
Astoria.
Lewis & Clark Fire Department Board, 7 p.m.,
main fi re station, 34571 Highway 101 Business.
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• At 7 p.m. Monday, Ste-
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police on the 2200 block of
North Roosevelt Drive and
charged with driving under
the infl uence of intoxicants
and possession of heroin.
• At 1:38 a.m. Sun-
day, Joshua P. Kilburn, 24,
of Astoria, was arrested
by Astoria police on state
Highway 105 and Miles
Crossing and charged with
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sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries,
sn-snow, i-ice.
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Dec. 7, 2018
FASSETT, Elizabeth Gail, 63, of Astoria,
died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary
& Crematory of Astoria is in charge of the
arrangements.
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La Grande
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Tonight's Sky: The Great Square of Pegasus passes
high overhead before midnight.
MEMORIAL
Friday, Dec. 14
McALLISTER, Janet C. “Jan” (Bullock) — Funeral at 10 a.m., Cannon Beach Commu-
nity Church, 132 E. Washington St. in Cannon Beach, with a reception to follow. All are
welcome.
Ontario
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Dorothy “Cis” Christine Wilson, born (Annette) Wilson of Riverside, California
Aug. 10, 1965, to David and Dorothy and Jay Wilson of Astoria; and her three
(Peterson) Wilson in Akron, Ohio. She children, Michael and his wife Krysta of
passed away on Dec. 1, 2018, at
Vancouver, Washington, Misty
53 years old, in Longview, Wash-
Wilson of Astoria and Christopher
ington. She lived in Vancouver,
Wilson of Astoria. She has eight
Washington but spent much of her
biological grandchildren; Josiah,
time in Astoria, Oregon where she
Karter, Karinda, Dawna, Alicia,
grew up. Cis was known as a home-
Anthony, Lily and Audrey. She also
maker, friend, mom, sister, aunt and
considered many other children to
be her “adopted” grandchildren.
grandma; her grandchildren call her
She was preceded in death by
Memaw.
both of her parents and three broth-
Her favorite things to do
ers; Gordon, Timothy, and Robert
included spending time with
Dorothy
Wilson.
her grandchildren, playing video
Her celebration of life will be
poker and watching Hallmark ‘Cis’ Wilson
held at the Wickiup Grange, 92683
movies. She cared for her nieces
Svensen Market Road, Astoria, Ore-
and nephews as if they were her
own children, and she always made sure gon, on Dec. 15, 2018, at 1 p.m. Please
everyone else’s needs were met before bring your favorite dish and/or non-al-
coholic drink; no alcohol is permitted on
hers.
Cis is survived by two brothers, John premises.
Roseburg
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Pendleton
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The Dalles
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Portland
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Sunset tonight ........................... 4:30 p.m.
Sunrise Wednesday .................... 7:49 a.m.
Moonrise today ......................... 11:07 a.m.
Moonset today ........................... 8:41 p.m.
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ASTORIA
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Precipitation
Monday ............................................ 0.02"
Month to date ................................... 1.34"
Normal month to date ....................... 3.41"
Year to date .................................... 54.73"
Normal year to date ........................ 60.78"
Dec 15
SATURDAY
52
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REGIONAL WEATHER
Astoria through Monday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 51°/41°
Normal high/low ........................... 49°/37°
Record high ............................ 63° in 2014
Record low ............................. 15° in 1972
First
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Cleanup efforts at Hanford have
been underway since the late 1980s
and cost about $2 billion a year.
Current law defi nes high-level
radioactive waste as resulting
from processing irradiated nuclear
fuel that is highly radioactive.
The Energy Department wants to
reclassify some of the waste that
meets highly technical conditions.
The agency says the change
could save the federal govern-
ment $40 billion in cleanup costs
across the nation’s entire nuclear
weapons complex, which includes
the Savannah River Plant in South
Carolina and Idaho National
Laboratory.
Environmental groups and the
state of Washington, which has a
legal commitment with the Energy
Department to oversee the Han-
ford cleanup, said the proposal is
a concern.
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