NIRS salutes the determined activists of South Carolina who have been waging a campaign to close the Barnwell "low-level" nuclear waste dump. A first step was accomplished in April when the South Carolina House committee on Agriculture and Environmental Affairs voted unanimously (with only 2 abstentions, including the bill sponsor) against a bill that would have allowed the dump to remain open to waste from all 50 states beyond the 2008 deadline that will close the site to all waste that does not originate in the interstate compact of South Carolina, New Jersey and Connecticut. Hats off! This is a significant barrel in the path of new nuclear power development! More info: www.dontwastesc.com. Article on Barnwell victory from Nuclear Monitor here.
