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Idaho: A
Non-ConsentState
Presentation to the
Idaho LINE CommissionJune 29, 2012
Liz Woodruff, Executive Director
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The Snake River Alliance
MISSION
The Snake River Allianceserves as Idaho's nuclearwatchdog and Idaho'sadvocate for renewable andnuclear-free energy. We raisecommunity awareness aboutthe dangers of nuclear waste,
weapons and power whileworking to identify andpromote sustainablealternatives. We do our workthrough advocacy,
collaboration, education andgrassroots organizing.
VISION
We envision responsible
solutions to nuclear waste anda nuclear-free future. We seek
to strengthen Idaho's economy
and communities through the
implementation of renewable
energy sources in Idaho andthe promotion of energy
efficiency and conservation.
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The Alliance is a
statewide,member-based
organization
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We do our
work through
outreach,
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We do our
work through
outreach,education,
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We do our
work through
outreach,education,
and advocacy.
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Idaho is a Non-Consent State
Robert Erkins, Buhltrout farmer, forwardsconcerns to GovernorDon Samuelson about
nuclear waste abovethe aquifer.
Governor Andrus andSenator Church ask the
Atomic EnergyCommission for assurances
that Idaho was not beingconsidered as an interim
storage site for high-levelwaste.
Governors BlueRibbon Commissiondeclines to endorse
commercial spent fuelstorage in Idaho.
1969
1973
1974
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Idaho is a Non-Consent State
State of Idaho bansplutonium-
contaminated wasteshipments from
Rocky Flats Plant,Colorado.
State of Idaho sues andunsuccessfully seeks
injunction against Ft. St.
Vrain commercial spentfuel shipment.
State of Idaho tries tostop Ft. St. Vrain
commercial spent fuelshipments in federalCourt of Appeals andUS Supreme Court.
1988
1991
1992
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Idaho is a Non-Consent State
Federal District Courtgrants State of Idahos
request for an
injunction stoppingspent fuel shipments.
State of Idaho, US Departmentof Energy, and US Navy sign
agreement that reaffirmscleanup commitments and
regulates what waste can andcannot come to Idaho (and
under what circumstances) and
what waste must leave (most bydates certain).
Statewide referendumpitted Stop the
Shipments, whichopposed the
agreement as beingtoo weak, against Get
the Waste Out, whichsupported it.
1993
1995
1996
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Idaho is a Non-Consent State
During these same decades the Shoshone-Bannock
Tribes were pushing back against nuclear waste
shipments crossing the Fort Hall Reservation
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Idahos Nuclear
Past
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36 Metric Tons of Nuclear NavyWaste Still Stored at INL
= 10 metric tons
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246 metric tons of non-defensespent fuel still at INL
= 10 metric tons
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282 metric tonsTOTAL spent fuel at INL
= 10 metric tons
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Idaho hosts 250 different types ofintensely radioactive spent fuel
From US and foreign researchreactors
Commercial demonstrationreactors such as PeachBottom
The core debris from Three-Mile Island
Almost all of INLs own wastefrom its 52 nuclear reactors
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Idahos NuclearPresentAverage of 20 shipments of
nuclear navy waste each year
Controlled amounts of spent
fuel from research reactors
here and abroad (foreign
shipments end in 2019)
Since 2011researchquantities of spent nuclear
fuel may come to Idaho
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Not Allowed into Idaho
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282 metric tonsTOTAL spent fuel at INL
= 10 metric tons
W t f O ti d Sh t
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Waste from Operating and Shut-Down Commercial Nuclear Reactors
Nearly 3,000 metric tons from already closed reactors
= 100metric tons
62,000 metric tons from currently operating reactors
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Idaho is Too Great
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BRC Recommendations
1. A new, consent-based approach to siting future nuclear waste management facilities.
2. A new organization dedicated solely to implementing the waste managementprogram and empowered with the authority and resources to succeed.
3. Access to the funds nuclear utility ratepayers are providing for the purpose of nuclear
waste management.
4. Prompt efforts to develop one or more geologic disposal facilities.
5. Prompt efforts to develop one or more consolidated storage facilities.
6. Prompt efforts to prepare for the eventual large-scale transport of spent nuclear fueland high-level waste to consolidated storage and disposal facilities when suchfacilities become available.
7. Support for continued U.S. innovation in nuclear energy technology and for workforcedevelopment.
8. Active U.S. leadership in international efforts to address safety, waste management,non-proliferation, and security concerns.
1. A new, consent-based approach to siting future
nuclear waste management facilities.
5. Prompt efforts to develop one or more consolidated
storage facilities.
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Idaho is a Non-Consent State
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Nuclear Research at INL
If needed, should be:
Purposeful Necessary
Focused
Conducted to
solve real, discretesocietal needs
Not reprocessing
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BRC Does Not RecommendReprocessing
It is the Commissions viewthat it would be premature for
the United States to commit, asa matter of policy, to closingthe nuclear fuel cycle given thelarge uncertainties that existabout the merits andcommercial viability ofdifferent fuel cycles andtechnology options.
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Clean-Up Cannot be Jeopardized
Liquid sodium-bearing high-level waste must be removed from theburied tanks and dried.
The buried tanks must be cleaned out and closed.
The calcined, or dried, high-level waste must be removed from thebins and put in a solid not powdered form.
An engineered cap or caps must be built at the Idaho NuclearTechnology and Engineering Center so precipitation doesnt driveremaining contamination down to the aquifer.
Targeted plutonium-contaminated waste must exhumed.
The entire 97-acre burial grounds must be covered with anengineered cap so precipitation doesnt drive remainingcontamination down to the aquifer.
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The Idaho LINE Commission
Full transparency
Full access to meetings (noclosed meetings)
Adequate access to publiccomment to the commission
Recommendations that reflectIdahoans concerns
Recommendations that keepwhole the 1995 Agreement andIdahos long-history ofopposition to commercialradioactive waste
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