SRS Watch Formal Comments on “Draft Environmental Assessment for the Commercial Disposal of Defense Waste Processing Facility Recycle Wastewater From the Savannah River Site”
SRS proposes to dispose of 10,000 gallons of high-level liquid tank waste via a grouted material dumped in a commercial low-level waste facility. Is this a good idea? SRS has been honest about wanting to dispose of a total of 380,000 gallons in this manner. The move appears to be part of a plan to reclassify high-level waste as low-level waste and cut costs and could impact HLW disposal plans at Hanford and the Idaho National lab. Meanwhile, DOE’s nuclear weapons budget request for Fiscal Year 2021 is blowing through the roof so cost for DOE is really is not a concern.
SRS Watch comments liked here: Comments on DOEs draft EA on tank waste Feb 7 2020
Conclusion to comments, due February 10, 2010 (and submitted on February 7):
“In conclusion, as no need for the proposed action has been established, as many questions remain about the proposed action and given that the draft document is confused in its description of the proposed action and final closure of Tank 22, I request that the No-Action Alternative be adopted at this point and that the No-Action Alternative be embodied in any final EA and in any Record of Decision, if issued.”
“Additionally, given that what is presented in the draft EA does not clearly comport with the “Liquid Waste System Plan Revision 21” of January 2019, the proposed actions must not at this time be considered given this fact.”
Pertinent DOE documents, including the draft Environmental Assessment (EA), linked at: