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WHEREAS, according to documentation provided by the U.S. Department
of Energy which indicates that high-level radioactive waste may be transported
through [this jurisdiction] as early as 2010 should the national repository
be opened at Yucca Mountain, Nevada;
and WHEREAS, high-level nuclear waste shipments could pass through this
jurisdiction as early as 2004 should the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
approve a private, nuclear industry initiated “interim storage site” for
high-level atomic waste on the Skull Valley Goshutes Indian Reservation
in Utah;
and WHEREAS federal studies have shown that Yucca Mountain, Nevada and
Skull Valley, Utah are not suitable geologic locations for high-level nuclear
waste storage or burial due to earthquake activity, water infiltration,
environmental justice, and other scientific and societal reasons;
and WHEREAS, [this jurisdiction] does not have adequately trained emergency
response personnel or equipment to cope with a radiological disaster that
could occur as a result of high-level radioactive waste transportation
through [this jurisdiction];
and WHEREAS, the federal government, under the Yucca Mountain Project,
would limit funding to [this jurisdiction] for training of emergency response
personnel and for purchase of necessary equipment to cope with a radiological
emergency;
and WHEREAS, property values are likely to fall, attraction of new business
is likely to decrease, and improvement of our community [or communities]
may become difficult if not impossible should high-level radioactive waste
be transported through [this jurisdiction];
and WHEREAS, nuclear reactors across the nation will continue to generate
and store high-level nuclear waste on-site for decades into the future,
and the Yucca Mountain transportation program would take 25 to 40 years
to complete, providing no near-term relief from accident or terrorist risks
at reactor sites nationwide;
and WHEREAS, each shipment of high-level nuclear waste through urban
population centers and agricultural areas would be at risk of terrorist
attack or severe accident;
and WHEREAS, we generally oppose radioactive waste transportation through
[this jurisdiction];
so BE IT RESOLVED, that [this jurisdiction] is on record as opposing
any and all radioactive waste transportation near or through [this jurisdiction]
bound for Yucca Mountain, Nevada;
and BE IT RESOLVED, that [this jurisdiction] supports the creation of
an independent presidential commission to re-examine our nation’s radioactive
waste policy;
and BE IT RESOLVED, that [this jurisdiction] will carry this resolution
to all of our elected local, state, and federal officials, and to the President of the United States
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