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Students Oppose Nuclear Dumping in Tennesee
By Ross McCluney (about the author) Page 1 of 1 page(s)
For OpEdNews: Ross McCluney - Writer We in
Tennessee face some
unusual environmental problems. See the release below. It's been going
on for a
while without the public knowing much about it. Now a company also
plans to
bring Italian nuclear waste to Tennessee for reprocessing and possible
eventual
“storage?” or dumping(?) somewhere out west. We're not sure if any of
it will
be dumped somewhere in Tennessee, which seems to be on the way to
becoming the
most radioactive state in the nation. Ross
McCluney 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE 110309-01
CONTACT:
Harvey Fischer
Chairman, Families for a Clean Tennessee
VANDERBILT AND BELMONT STUDENTS TEAM UP TO STOP BULK SURVEY FOR RELEASE
AND END NUCLEAR DUMPING IN TENNESSEE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Students at Vanderbilt University and Belmont
University in Nashville, Tenn. have spent two weekends braving the
rain, cold temperatures and early morning hours to encourage fellow
Tennesseans to sign a petition aimed at ending nuclear dumping in
Tennessee.
Through a program known as Bulk Survey for Release, or BSFR, millions
of pounds of nuclear waste from across the United States is permitted
to be dumped in ordinary Tennessee landfills. No other state
allows the commercial dumping of nuclear waste in ordinary landfills.
"More than 80 percent of Tennessee voters are concerned about the BSFR
process," stated Harvey Fischer, Chairman of Families for a Clean
Tennessee. "It is not a surprise that students at both of these
universities are concerned about the future of Tennessee and are
working to end nuclear dumping-why should they get stuck with other
states' nuclear waste?" (To view the poll referenced, please click here)
Through their efforts at Vanderbilt home football games and at other
public venues around Nashville, the students have collected more than
3,000 signatures representing broad opposition to the state's Bulk
Survey for Release program.
Families for a Clean Tennessee is asking concerned citizens to email
and call their legislators. For more information or to email your
legislator directly from their Web site, visit
http://www.cleantennessee.org
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Families for a Clean Tennessee is a non-partisan, non-profit citizens'
organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Tennessee for
families and for future generations. Our mission is to advocate
for the environmental prosperity of Tennessee through education and
public outreach. At Families for a Clean Tennessee, we equip
citizens with the tools they need to increase their influence and to
have a strong voice in the development of public policy, both
individually
and collectively.
To learn more about FCT, please visit http://www.CleanTennessee.org
Families for a Clean Tennesssee | 533 Chruch Street | Suite 153 |
Nashville | TN | 30534
www.futureofhumanity.org
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