TOWN OF WADESBORO
NUCLEAR WASTE TRANSPORTATION RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, according to documentation provided by the State of Nevada which
indicates that high-level radioactive waste may be transported through Wadesboro
as early as 1998 should HR 1020 or similar legislation be enacted by the US
Congress; and
WHEREAS, Wadesboro 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 city; and
WHEREAS, the federal government, under HR 1020 and similar legislation,
would limit funding to Wadesboro 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 fail, and improvement of the community may become difficult or
impossible should high-level radioactive waste be transported through Wadesboro;
and
WHEREAS, this high-level radioactive waste would be transported to an "interim"
site in Nevada, and thus does little or nothing to solve the nation's
radioactive waste problem; and
WHEREAS, we generally oppose high-level radioactive waste transportation
through Wadesboro;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Wadesboro is on record as opposing HR 1020
and all similar legislation which would require high-level radioactive waste
transportation near or through this jurisdiction; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Wadesboro supports creation of an independent
presidential review commission to reexamine our nation's radioactive waste
policy; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Wadesboro will carry this resolution to all of
our elected state and federal officials.
Adopted November 6, 1995
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