This is from "Access: America's Guide to the
Internet," a Sunday supplement to newspapers,
page 24, 11-26-00:

BOOKMARKS
Science museums

THE NATIONAL ATOMIC MUSEUM
http://www.atomicmuseum.com

Take a walk through a vast collection
of nuclear science artifacts. The
virtual tour provides background
information and photos for exhibits
such as The Manhattan Project, Nuclear
Medicine and the Cold War. At the museum
store, science fans can pick up, among
other things, an Albert Einstein sterling
plated spoon for $9.95 and balls
demonstrating Newton's Laws of momentum
for $12.95.

BOTTOM LINE: For nuclear-science
buffs, it doesn't get much more fun
than this.
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http://www.accessmagazine.com

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http://www.hanfordwatch.org/archive/OOE_tank_waste_statement
_Oct_26_2000.htm

Oregon Office of Energy Position: Hanford Tank Waste
Treatment issues
Washington Department of Ecology Workshop
October 26, 2000

The Oregon Office of Energy believes it is critical that the
effort to vitrify the high level wastes at Hanford continue
forward without further delays or interruptions. The high
level radioactive wastes in the large underground tanks at
Hanford present the greatest long-term risk to the
environment,
The tank wastes pose a threat to the groundwater and
ultimately to the Columbia River. They also pose a threat to
workers and present the potential for offsite contamination
in the event of a serious accident. The effort to
successfully remove these wastes from the tanks and to put
them in a safer, glassified form, must go forward without
further delay.

The Oregon Office of Energy does not support proposals which
would further delay the effort to vitrify the wastes. We
also do not support proposals to scale back the size of the
waste treatment facilities for the vitrification effort or
proposals which would reduce the amount of waste to be
vitrified required by the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement
schedule. Such proposals only further prolong the risk which
the high level wastes present to the region.

The milestones in the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement were
negotiated after extended public input and protracted
negotiations. Even with these milestones, only 10% of the
high level waste will be vitrified by 2018. By that time,
Hanford's oldest tanks will be more than seventy years old.
It makes no sense to delay this effort even further. The
change from the privatization approach to a more traditional
government contract will cause some adjustments. But this
transition must not be allowed to derail the vitrification
effort.

Congress has been very supportive of the budget requests
which USDOE has made on behalf of both the Hanford cleanup
in general and vitrification in particular. In response to
the shift from the privatization approach this year,
Congress released funds to USDOE previously set aside for
privatization and increased the Hanford cleanup budget to
$1.6 billion dollars for Fiscal Year 2001, more than $400
million higher than provided in any previous year. This
includes $377 million for the vitrification project in
Fiscal Year 2001. There is no reason to expect any less
Congressional support if USDOE pushes forward with the
vitrification effort and if the region supports that effort.

The values in the 1993 Hanford Tank Waste Task Force in
which the Oregon Office of Energy participated and concurred
remain valid. In particular, the Task Force's charge "to get
on with the cleanup" must be taken to heart. Progress on the
cleanup of the tank wastes must occur as mandated by the
Tri-Party Agreement. Now is not the time to change the
approach or the schedule for vitrifying the wastes at
Hanford.

Contacts: Michael W. Grainey, Assistant Director (503)
378-5489; Mary Lou Blazek, Nuclear Safety Division
Administrator, (503) 378-5544.

Attempt to block waste delivery goes unrewarded
Tri-City Herald -- Nov. 25, 2000

Washington state's opposition to Hanford receiving federal low-level
radioactive wastes from elsewhere so far is proving fruitless. The state is
trying to block shipments from elsewhere but has had no effect on the
Department of Energy. For several months, the state and various groups
have grumbled about DOE selecting Hanford and the Nevada Test Site to
receive low-level wastes from other DOE sites.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/2000/1125/story5.html

DOE to permanently shut down FFTF
Tri-City Herald -- 11/22/2000

The Department of Energy plans to permanently shut down the Fast Flux
Test Facility, DOE announced Tuesday, ending the potential for any
nuclear production at Hanford.
....
Volpentest said he didn't hold much hope that a new administration would
be able to reverse the FFTF decision, in part because the project isn't
large enough to make their immediate agenda. Neither candidate is likely to
be a major supporter of nuclear issues, he said.

Hanford Forum Agenda
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
6-8 pm
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202
Gray Campus Center B-C-D


Local cable access coverage by MCTV

PANEL (invited)
Todd Martin, consultant, formerly with Hanford Education Action League
Mike Grainey, Doug Huston; Oregon Office of Energy
Armand Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, 3rd Congressional District, State of Oregon

OBJECTIVES
* Educate participants about past, present, and future of Hanford
health.
* Assess the impacts of Hanford on Oregon's commercial business,
transportation, river, agricultural industries.
* Solicit feedback from Oregon's business and community leaders about
clean-up priorities, long-term improvements, and federal funding for
clean-up strategies.
* Raise visibility and awareness of Oregon's Hanford citizen groups

AGENDA
* Welcome (Earl Blumenauer-10 minutes)
* Hanford overview: History of clean-up, roles of federal, state
agencies, citizen groups. (Todd Martin-10 minutes)
* What's at stake for Oregon's transportation and commercial
industries?
(Doug Huston-10 minutes)
*  Leadership towards clean-up from Native American tribes (Armand
Minthorn-10 minutes)
* Oregon state policy and priorities for clean-up (Mike Grainey-10
minutes)
* Federal overview and strategy for Hanford priorities for the 107th
Congress
(Earl Blumeanuer-10 minutes)
* Question and answer (30 minutes)
* Conclusion (total time-90 minutes)

____________________________________________________











				 November 20, 2000



Dear Colleague:

I hope you will join me for an important event that concerns all of us in
Oregon. As you know, the Hanford nuclear reservation is the most
significant
environmental threat facing our region's businesses, commerce, and way of
life. In the last decade, more attention has been brought to bear on
cleaning up Hanford, yet no clear solution has emerged.

In the 106th Congress I joined with several of my Northwest Congressional
colleagues to secure more clean-up dollars for Hanford. I want to
continue
those efforts in the 107th Congress, and further the education and
outreach
about Hanford to the people who matter most--the citizens of the
Northwest.
Here in Oregon, that process begins with you--the stakeholders, community
and business leaders, and citizens who have the most at stake when it
comes
to Hanford.

Please join me on Tuesday, November 28, 2000, for a Hanford Forum. We
will
hear from several of Oregon's experts who will address the past, present
and
future of Hanford health. I hope you will take this opportunity to
provide
me with your feedback about clean-up priorities for the Hanford nuclear
reservation.

Hanford Forum
Tuesday, November 28, 2000
6-8 pm
Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97202
Gray Campus Center B-C-D

Enclosed please find an agenda, and maps to Reed College. For further
information, please contact Hillary Barbour in my Portland District
Office
at (503) 231-2300. I look forward to seeing you next week.


Sincerely,



Earl Blumenauer
Member of Congress








Hillary Barbour
Office of Congressman Earl Blumenauer
516 SE Morrison, #250
Portland, Oregon 97214
PH: 503-231-2300
FAX: 503-230-5413

>  -----Original Message-----
> From:  Barbour, Hillary
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 3:55 PM
> To: 'paigeknt@...'
> Subject: hanford forum
>
> Paige,
> Here is a copy of the agenda, letter of invitation that is being mailed
> today. Please fire at will!!! I am mailing out about 250 letters today.

>
>  <<Hanford Forum Agenda.doc>>  <<letter of invitation.doc>>
>
>
>
>
> Hillary Barbour
> Office of Congressman Earl Blumenauer
> 516 SE Morrison, #250
> Portland, Oregon 97214
> PH: 503-231-2300
> FAX: 503-230-5413
>

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--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: NILES Ken <Ken.Niles@...>
To: hannie@..., kinsella@..., lporter@...,
	  paigeknt@..., Riggs@...
Date: 21 Nov 2000 08:07:09 -0800
Subject: Public Involvement Meeting
Message-ID: <"3A1A9DA0.BEC6.249C.000*/c=us/admd=
	 /prmd=or.gov/o=ODOE/ou=gwise/s=Niles/g=Ken/"@mhs>

I just wanted to let all of you know that the Hanford Advisory Board's
Public
Involvement Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 6 from 1 to 5 p.m.
at
the Monarch Hotel in Clackamas.  Much of our agenda will be devoted to
discussions about the process to involve the public in the upcoming
Hanford
budget.  If you have an interest in this topic, I hope you'll be able to
attend the meeting.



Ken Niles
Nuclear Safety Division
Oregon Office of Energy
625 Marion Street NE, Suite 1
Salem, OR 97301-3742

503-378-4906
503-378-6457 -- fax
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Energy Department plans not to restart Hanford reactor

Tri-City Herald --  Nov. 21, 2000
By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Energy Department officials said Tuesday that a test
nuclear reactor in Washington state that has been dormant since 1992 will
not be restarted to produce plutonium for space missions and isotopes to
treat cancer. Instead, if the Energy Department finalizes a proposed rule in
January, the Fast Flux Test Facility reactor at the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation will be shut down beginning next year.
http://www.hanfordnews.com/fftf/story1.html

Kourtney,

I recommend these websites:
Downwinders -- http://www.downwinders.org
Atomic Farmgirl (good book)-- http://www.atomicfarmgirl.com
Hanford Health Information Network -- http://www.doh.wa.gov/hanford

Congress recently passed a bill to provide medical care and
compensation to nuclear workers, even if they couldn't prove their
diseases were caused by exposure at work.  I think downwinders should
agitate for the same kind of deal. Write to your senators and
representative. Their email addresses are on the Hanford Watch
website -- http://www.hanfordwatch.org.

Lynn Porter

--- In Hanford@egroups.com, "Kourtney Wessels" <kourtneywessels@h...>
wrote:
>
> I am actually somewhat new to this and I would love some advice.
These virtual meetings would be excellent, but I would also like to
know if there are any meetings or support groups that would relate to
the following personal history that I want to relate.  I feel
desperate and need some input.

Ding dong the breeder is dead?!

To add to the information and rumor pot... I won't believe it till I see it on
paper, but a friendly reporter told me that late this afternoon (around  5
p.m. EST) that Bill Magwood (NE-1) and Under Secretary Moniz held a
teleconference for reporters and stated that the decision has been made
to not restart FFTF.  Reason is based on lack of financial commitments
for isotope production.  Sodium draining to begin in mid calendar year
2001.  Congratulations to all of you who fought the restart!

Hey everyone!

We have just received word that FFTF will not be included in the preferred
alternative in the final PEIS to come out in mid-December!  Gerry Pollet
spoke with Joshua Scheinkman (staffer for Sen. Wyden), Bill Magwood, and
Brian Costner in DC.  They all confirmed that, in fact, FFTF will be shut
down and Richardson's ROD will be released by January 20th.  After this,
FFTF will go right into deactivation mode.  Another important development:
the money taken from the cleanup budget to keep FFTF on standby will be
shifted back - $40 million dollars!

The word is that exisiting facilities will be able to handle both the
PU-238 and medical isotopes missions. (Sen. Domenici has also worked a deal
to get a new accelerator built in NM). The plutonium-238 will be produced
at INEEL and processed at Oak Ridge. Medical isotopes will also be tested
at these two facilities.

Brian Costner said to give the Secretary personal credit for shutting down
FFTF.  He made the decision himself.  Citizens across the state should be
congratulated for all the pressure we put on him.  He finally listened to
us!!  The two days of principled negotiations were important to his making
this decision, as well as all the caucus work leading up to the state
Democratic Convention AND the thousands of citizen comments at public
hearings during the past few years.

Congrats to everyone who poured their hearts and souls into making this
happen.  Without tremendous public support, we could never have acheived
victory. We're having trouble believing that it's true - FFTF will be
decommissioned!!

Thanks to everyone for pushing so hard for shutting down and cleaning up!!

Amber Waldref
Heart of America Northwest

<<I am actually somewhat new to this and I would love
some advice.  These virtual meetings would be
excellent, but I would also like to know if there  are
any meetings or support groups that would relate to
the following  personal history that I want to relate.
  I feel desperate and need some input.>>

Wow!  That's a tragic chain of "coincidence".  I
certainly don't blame you being angry and scared.
It's interesting you mention your mom & thyroid, and
now your bro and cancer.  This sort of stuff runs
through my family too, and we live right next door to
Oak Ridge.  I don't think Oak Ridge has as much, or is
doing as much, as Hanford (I'm not sure now because I
no longer work out there).  Anyway, check out
About.com's site on thryoid disease.  They have a lot
of posts about the link b/t thryoid problems and
nuclear crap.  While this may not be as active as you
want, it may set your mind at ease a bit and give you
space to consider action-oriented plans.  There may be
similar stuff on the cancer pages, I'm not sure I've
not looked there.  Today I go to the doc to look at my
thyroid, and I do think that alot of the thyroid
problems going around (cases are mounting here in the
US, especially w/ women) is directly related to
nuclear testing, etc.  My reasoning:  the surge
started to grow after the atom bomb.

One thing you might consider, this is education
related (and I'm sort of into the *change from w/in*
mode at the moment), study epidemiology.  I don't know
if you are science oriented (I'm not) but I find this
stuff absolutely fascinating.  The problem comes in
trying to prove only one factor is the reason/cause
for a condition.  It's next to impossible anymore.
Another idea, again education related, is explore
other career opp's concerning the environment, esp.
nukes and nuke waste.  Surely there are groups around
you that are fighting Hanford and are concerned w/
health issues.

This is getting long, so I'll stop...but, in my humble
opinion, the best defense is knowledge.  So I would
recommend getting your hands onto anything you can
concerning these links b/t disease and cause.

cheers,
tiff


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Beryllium screening program making progress
Tri-City Herald -- Nov. 20, 2000
A third case of chronic beryllium disease has been diagnosed in a Hanford
worker, according to the Beryllium Awareness Group of past and present
workers at Hanford.
....
A new federal compensation program for ill nuclear workers gives added
incentive for workers to be tested, Takaro said. Although the program could be
revised before it takes effect, it now calls for coverage of medical care and a
lump sum payment of $150,000.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/2000/1120/Story3.html

I am actually somewhat new to this and I would love some advice.  These
virtual meetings would be excellent, but I would also like to know if there
are any meetings or support groups that would relate to the following
personal history that I want to relate.  I feel desperate and need some
input.

I became politically involved because of outrage and anger I feel in regards
to Hanford.  My mother was born and raised in Kennewick, Wa and  I lived
there until the 3rd grade when my family moved to McMinnville, OR.

When I was in middle school, my mother had a benign tumor the size of a very
large grapefruit removed from her uterus.  Ever since I can remember, my mom
has been sick.  At one point, she was having thyroid problems.  Then a few
years ago, she was told she may have ovarian cancer.  It ended up being a
cyst that was removed with no problems.  However, there were many problems I
encountered emotionally.  Why does all of this happen to my mother?  Perhaps
I want something to blame it on, Hanford being my scapegoat. But now I have
more reason to be angry.

On Nov. 2nd, my younger brother's 22nd birthday, he called from the hosiptal
after he had a seizure in class.  He's never had one before, or any signs to
think something might be wrong.  They ran tests, and found a tumor in his
brain.  My 22yr old brother has brain cancer!  What is going on?  How am I
supposed to just think that all of these incidences in my family are
coincidental.  Interesting enough, I had a seizure in high school, but
nothing ever came out of it.  I never had tests run and am doing fine.  But
I am scared, and my friends are scared for me too.  It is difficult to talk
about how all of this may be related to Hanford because my family is wary of
talking about it.  I have a lot of family in the Tri-Cities who work for the
reservation.  You can imagine the things they choose or choose not to open
their ears to.  Brainwashing.  But I do need an outlet for these feelings
and I'm going crazy not knowing where to begin.

Please excuse me for such a long email.  I am young, energetic and pissed
off and I would like to know what I can do besides be part of an email
group.  I am frightened and am not sure where to direct my energy or
attention.  Thank you for being out there, I look forward to a response.

Kourtney Wessels
(503) 239 1980 Portland


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I'd like to hear what you think about the idea of holding informal Q&A
events using internet chat rooms. For instance, we could set aside a an hour
or so some evening for you to discuss tank waste treatment issues with
Suzanne Dahl, Ecology's Tank Waste Disposal Manager. Do you like the idea?
Do you think it would be useful to you? Would you participate?

Tim Hill
Public Involvement
Nuclear Waste Program
Department of Ecology
(509) 736-3026
tihi461@...

There is another DNFSB weekly report at
http://www.dnfsb.gov/weekly/hanford/2000/
that is interesting.  Reading between the lines, it appears that neither
Doh! or it’s contractor has people qualified to operate a nuclear facility.
I hate to keep repeating myself, but if I were on the HAB, I would want to
talk to these people to find out what the heck is wrong and figure out how
to fix it.

===================================

DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD

November 3, 2000

TO: K. Fortenberry, Technical Director

FROM: D. Grover and M. Sautman, Hanford Site Representatives

SUBJ: Activity Report for the Week Ending November 3, 2000

Spent Nuclear Fuel Project: The DOE operational readiness review (ORR)
continued this week and is expected to conclude by 11/10/00. Most operations
in both the K-West Basin and Canister Storage Building (CSB) were completed
satisfactorily with only minor procedural and conduct of operation problems.
One exception was with the procedure placing an empty cask into the K-West
Basin which was halted Friday following a procedural violation. This
activity is expected resume Monday. The emergency preparedness organization
was ineffective in planning and conducting drills without interjection from
the ORR team. The CSB personnel demonstrated good response during the drill
and excellent self critical analysis following the drill. The K-West team
failed to show adequate radiological response and was unable to put the
facility into a safe configuration due to insufficient equipment and trained
personnel. The facility also failed to be adequately self-critical regarding
their drill response. The ORR will continue to review issues including
verification and validation of the CSB design and whether Fluor-Hanford
meets motor carrier requirements for fuel shipments on-site. (III-A)

Distribution Transformer Failure: On 11/2/00 there was a electrical
transformer failure resulting in a fire at the CSB facility and a loss of
power in the 200 area. This is the third of six transformers procured by
Hanford from the transformer manufacturer ELMA to fail. These transformers
were identified as having a potential major design or manufacturing problem
in the Board’s letter of February 25, 1998. The site is re-evaluating the
response given to the Board concerning the adequacy of these transformers
following this latest occurrence. (III-A)

Facility Representative (FR) Program: A couple of months ago, all of the
Department of Energy-Richland (DOE-RL) FR positions were filled with
qualified FR’s. However, due to job transfers, promotions, and special
assignments, only 70% of the positions today are occupied full-time by
qualified FR’s. Less than 50% of the facilities have full-time FR’s who have
completed facility-specific qualifications. For example, although three
major processes have started operations at PFP recently, the number of full
time FR’s there has dropped from 3 to 1.

While FR’s are making valuable contributions to the Richland Integrated
Management System and other projects, the remaining FR’s are being stretched
thin. There is a similar situation at the Office of River Protection where
most of the FR’s are currently performing operational readiness reviews and
program assessments. In addition, FR’s in both offices are acting as the FR
division director which is taking them out of the field. This situation
illustrates the need for both DOE offices to continue to develop the pool of
technical staff with field experience, besides FR’s, that can be used to
support assessments and other reviews. However, recent events like a
temporary hiring freeze are reportedly hampering DOE-RL’s ability to fill
critical technical positions like criticality safety. (I-B)


==================

On a different subject, Lynn Porter replies to Tom Clements as follows:


>    Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 19:18:06 -0800
>    From: "Lynn Porter" <lporter@...>
>Subject: Real names
>
> > Thanks to those of you on this list who openly identify themselves when
> > sending messages.  To those of you who don't identify yourselves, I
> > request that you gather a little courage and come out of the electronic
> > shadows in any future postings.
> >
> > Tom Clements
>
>Some people who work at Hanford could be fired if they used their
>real names on this list.
>
>Lynn
>

Getting fired is bad, but getting blacklisted is worse.  It can be a carreer
ending for a nuclear professional.  You can't fight them in court - the
contractors are backed up to the hilt by the government.   Even when they
lose a judgement, they keep you in court forever and only the lawyers
benifit.  I am sorry, but I don't have that much courage.

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This article has been sitting on my "to post" pile for
over a week. I'm going to go ahead & send it as it has
information that is of interest & of use to all of us
regarding FOIA requests:

This is from The Oakland Tribune,
page Local-5, Tues., Nov. 7, 2000:

ANTI-NUCLEAR GROUP FIGHTS
FOR RELEASE OF DOCUMENTS,
by Glenn Roberts, Jr.,
Staff Writer

LIVERMORE -- A Livermore-based nuclear watchdog group,
dissatisfied with Energy Department responses to
separate Freedom of Information Act requests, is
calling upon a court to order the release of
documents.

   On Thursday, Tri-Valley Communities Against a
Radioactive Environment filed two lawsuits against the
Energy Department in San Francisco federal court.

   The group is seeking documentation for fusion
project management meetings and the "Mega Strategy," a
proposal to shift some weapons and plutonium work from
Los Alamos Laboratory to Lawrence Livermore
Laboratory.

   Administrators for the Energy Department's Inertial
Confinement Fusion programs met in management sessions
to discuss projects such as the National Ignition
Facility laser, under construction at Livermore Lab.

   Marylia Kelley, executive director for Tri-Valley
CAREs, said the group requested documents related to
the management meetings to learn more about the
history and chronology of problems with the NIF
project, which department officials say is more than
$1 billion over budget and six years behind schedule.

   "We understood from our conversations with
scientists ... that the problems had been a subject of
conversation during these meetings," Kelley said.
"Therefore, it's likely that these records from these
meetings will shed light on who knew what when."

   That lawsuit states that Tri-Valley CAREs submitted
the request for management meetings documentation on
Sept. 1, 1999, and has so far not received a "complete
and final response."

   The Energy Department initially responded, according
to the lawsuit, that "it would not produce the notes"
of the management meetings, and the group appealed the
decision to an Energy Department appeal office, which
found that the department "had not adequately
justified its decision to withhold the notes."

   On March 24, the Energy Department again "indicated
that it would not produce the notes and/or minutes" of
the fusion management meetings, the lawsuit states.

   Kelley said the only documents the group has
received from its requests are some "one-sentence
e-mails" that do not contain any information about the
content of the meetings or discussions that took place
during the meetings. Steve Sugarman, a New Mexico
lawyer who is performing the legal work on the FOIA
lawsuits for free, said in a statement, "Routinely,
DOE has failed to fulfill Tri-Valley CAREs' FOIA
requests, and those of other organizations and
individuals within the allotted timeframe."

   Jane Brady, an Energy Department spokeswoman, said
the department has not yet received the complaints
filed by Tri-Valley CAREs.

   But the department "rejects the characterization
that the DOE has engaged in a 'pattern and practice'
of violating FOIA requests," she said. "When we
withhold documents, we do so in a good faith belief
that we are acting in compliance with FOIA."

   Brady said that a quick review of Energy Department
FOIA records found that Tri-Valley CAREs has submitted
three requests to the department since September 1999.

   In response to one request, the department "produced
thousands of pages of documents," she said. In the
other two cases the Energy Department officials are
conducting searches for "potentially responsive
documents," she said.

   Kelley said that in the case of the FOIA request for
the "Mega Strategy" information, submitted Sept. 15,
1999, the group has received nothing more than a FOIA
request number, which confirms that the request has
been received and is being processed.

   The leeway for responding to FOIA requests "is
measured in weeks, not years," Kelley said. "I believe
that the court is going to find these violations
egregious."

   In addition to pursuing a release of the requested
documents, Tri-Valley CAREs also seeks a court-ordered
investigation of the Energy Department's FOIA
practices and a judgment "obligating the DOE to
respond to future FOIA requests in a timely manner."
__________________________________________
The text for the two lawsuits is available
on the Web at http://www.igc.org/tvc

(c) 2000, The Oakland Tribune
http://www.InsideBayArea.com

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2000                                                                 Erik
Olds, (509) 372-8656

                                                                         
   
                    Peter Bengsten, (509) 373-9931




ENERGY DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES

OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION REORGANIZATION

 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has approved a proposal to reorganize
the Office of River Protection (OPR).  In order to improve the management
and operation of the office, several new senior executive service
management
positions and up to 60 new staff positions will be created.

 

The increase to required staff and new organizational structure reflects
ORP's shift in procurement strategy from privatization to a more
traditional
government-owned operation.

 

"Our plans to reorganize and strengthen the office are essential to our
success," said

Harry Boston, ORP's Acting Manager.  "With the support of Secretary
Richardson and Assistant Secretary Carolyn Huntoon, we will provide the
resources needed to create a more effective and productive waste
treatment
program at Hanford."

 

ORP is responsible for managing, characterizing, retrieving - and
ultimately
treating and disposing - approximately 54 million gallons of highly
radioactive and hazardous waste stored in 177 underground tanks at
Hanford.

 

Under the approved proposal, ORP will initially fill several key
positions,
including five senior executive service management positions and one new
position for a Chief Counsel.  ORP currently has a staff of 90 positions.

 

In addition, the nuclear safety responsibilities of Hanford's former
Regulatory Unit will be assigned to the ORP Manager.  Under the
privatization approach, a separate regulatory unit was established to
regulate nuclear safety for a contractor-owned facility.  However, with
the
decision Secretary Richardson reached in May to proceed with a
Government-owned facility, clear authority and accountability for nuclear
safety has been assigned to the ORP Manager.

 

###

 

Note:  The Office of River Protection was created by Congress in 1998 to
manage the nation's largest and most complex environmental cleanup
project -
retrieval and treatment of tank waste at the Hanford Site.  More
background
information on the Office of River Protection can be found on the
office's
Web site at: http://www.hanford.gov/orp
<http://www.hanford.gov/orp/index.html> .

There is an archive of messages to this email list, open to the
public, at http://www.egroups.com/group/Hanford

A Hanford success
Tri-City Herald editorial -- Nov. 17, 2000
Just two years after Department of Energy and Washington state officials
settled a dispute over an important Hanford cleanup milestone, Hanford
officials offer the good news that the project appears to be on track to beat
even its revised deadline.
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/opinion/2000/1117-2.html

Officials: Columbia River Is Safe
Las Vegas SUN -- November 16, 2000
Wash. (AP) -- High-level nuclear waste buried at the Hanford nuclear
reservation is apparently not an immediate threat to the Columbia River,
less than four miles away, the Energy Department said Thursday. Agency
officials said groundwater contaminated by radioactive tritium appeared to
be confined to an area on the edge of the site where the material was
buried decades ago.  Officials could not say how extensive the
contamination was, how fast it might be moving or when it might reach the
river.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/text/2000/nov/16/111700859.ht
ml

Gore made flip-flop on nuclear power use
The Washington Times -- Nov. 17, 2000
Vice President Al Gore made a last-minute concession to
environmentalists just before the election to oppose any increased use of
nuclear power to comply with the global-warming treaty.   The change
appears aimed not only at appeasing environmentalists, but bridging
differences with European nations who oppose the use of nuclear power to
comply with the treaty, which Mr. Gore was instrumental in drafting in
Kyoto, Japan, three years ago.
http://www.washtimes.com/business/default-200011172247.htm

> Thanks to those of you on this list who openly identify themselves when
> sending messages.  To those of you who don't identify yourselves, I
> request that you gather a little courage and come out of the electronic
> shadows in any future postings.
>
> Tom Clements

Some people who work at Hanford could be fired if they used their
real names on this list.

Lynn

The News Story at

http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/11/11152000/reu_npow_40206.asp

reads in part

====

>The nuclear power industry's hopes for a major new role in combating global
>warming were shaken Tuesday by the distribution of comments by Vice
>President Al Gore that he opposed such a move.
>
>In a letter dated Nov. 3 Gore, who is still awaiting the result of the Nov.
>7 presidential election that could put him in the White House, said nuclear
>should not be used as a means of cutting "greenhouse gases."
>
>"I have disagreed with those who would classify nuclear energy as clean or
>renewable," Gore said in a letter to Harvey Wasserman of the Ohio-based
>Nuclear Information and Resources Center.
>
>Gore said proposed U.S. legislation on restructuring the electricity sector
>excluded nuclear and large scale hydro electricity. "It is my view that
>climate change policies should do the same," he added.
>
>The comments will be warmly welcomed by environmentalists who fear world
>governments meeting at a "climate summit" during the next two weeks might
>allow nuclear power to be promoted in developing countries as a way of
>combating global warming, because it does not emit the carbon dioxide which
>comes from fossil fuels.

====

However in a July 23 1998 speech on Al Gore's web site at

he says:

>Nuclear power, designed well, regulated properly, cared for meticulously,
>has a place in the world's energy supply.

I suppose the place he had in mind was the trash can?

I think the guy will say anything and do anything to get elected.

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Gore lines up against nuclear power
ENN, Nov. 15, 2000
The nuclear power industry's hopes for a major new role in combating global
warming were shaken Tuesday by the distribution of comments by Vice
President Al Gore that he opposed such a move. In a letter dated Nov. 3 Gore,
who is still awaiting the result of the Nov. 7 presidential election that could
put
him in the White House, said nuclear should not be used as a means of cutting
"greenhouse gases."
http://www.enn.com/news/wire-
stories/2000/11/11152000/reu_npow_40206.asp

Hanford cleanup ahead of schedule
Transfer of lethal, radioactive waste to new tanks should be finished by
2003
YAKIMA -- The U.S. Department of Energy said yesterday it is running ahead
of court-ordered deadlines to remove highly radioactive liquid waste from old,
leaky underground tanks that are considered the greatest environmental and
public health hazard at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. The deadly waste is
being transferred from 149 single-shell tanks to 28 newer, double-shell
tanks....
http://seattlep-i.nwsource.com/local/hanf162.shtml

DOE HQ informs me that the final NI PEIS will be mailed to the public
on Dec. 7 & 8.  The ROD is expected to be issued on Jan. 16.  If the
past is an indicator these dates will slip...

Please remember that comments sent in after the release of the PEIS
may be taken into account in the ROD.  Sometimes such comments
are cited in the ROD.

Thanks to those of you on this list who openly identify themselves when
sending messages.  To those of you who don't identify yourselves, I
request that you gather a little courage and come out of the electronic
shadows in any future postings.

Tom Clements

****


Tom Clements
Nuclear Control Institute
1000 Connecticut Ave., NW  Suite 804
Washington, DC  20036

tel. 1-202-822-8444
fax  1-202-452-0892
clements@...
www.nci.org/nci

For those who are truly interested in Hanford issues
there is a meeting for updates and sharing of ideas
at the Oregon State Office building on 800 NE Oregon Street
tomorrow from 4 pm to 6pm with other interested parties and
the Oregon Office of Energy's Hanford team.

Also, here is a PRESS RELEASE from
Office of River Protection
Richland, Washington

                                                                      
                    MEDIA CONTACT:

November 15,
2000                                                                     
 
Erik Olds, ORP (509) 372-8656




DOE reaches cleanup milestone at Hanford

More than a million gallons of radioactive waste that threatened the
Columbia River have been removed from aging underground tanks at the
Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford Site since 1998.

 

That's when pumping operations began on the last of Hanford's 149 older,
single-shell tanks containing removable liquid waste.  An aggressive
schedule negotiated by the DOE and the state of Washington tracks
progress
on the project.

 

While the million-gallon achievement is not a regulatory milestone, DOE
officials said the accomplishment symbolizes the hard work and technical
innovations that have enabled the department to meet or beat deadline
after
deadline.  Of the eight tanks scheduled to begin pumping operations in
fiscal year 2001, five tanks have already been started.

 

"The focused and dedicated efforts of this project team are reducing the
risk here at Hanford," said Harry Boston, Acting Manager of DOE's Office
of
River Protection.  "We're making progress by removing the liquid waste
from
the older tanks, and we're reducing the risk to the Columbia River and
the
people of the Pacific Northwest."

 

Although solids and sludge will remain in the tanks, transferring the
liquid
waste to newer, safer double-shell tanks is crucial to reducing the risk
of
a future leak.  In the past, more than a third of Hanford's single-shell
tanks leaked an estimated one million gallons of radioactive waste.

 

"The tanks have been our state's highest priority for cleanup at Hanford
because of their past leaks and their ongoing threat to the environment,"
said Mike Wilson, who heads the state Department of Ecology program that
monitors and enforces progress on the Hanford cleanup project.  "We're
very
happy with the progress on pumping out the tanks during the past year and
a
half, and we look forward to getting a treatment facility in place to
further reduce the threat from these wastes."

 

Under the consent decree, October 2004 is the deadline for pumping the
retrievable liquid waste from 29 single-shell tanks.   Pumping of six of
those tanks is complete, and crews with DOE tank farms contractor CH2M
HILL
Hanford Group have initiated pumping 11 of the remaining 23 tanks under
the
agreement.  Company officials expect to start seven more tanks this
fiscal
year, which runs through October 2001.

 

"This is a story about people working against the odds to safely get the
job
done," said CH2M HILL President and General Manager Fran DeLozier. 
"Despite
formidable challenges posed by aging equipment, breakdowns and slower
than
expected pumping rates, the project team is working ahead of schedule."

-MORE-

 

Page 2 of 2

 

DeLozier said much of the credit goes to continued improvements in the
project team's efficiency.  She also credits a new waste transfer system
developed to solve flammable gas problems in double shell Tank SY-101,
also
known as the "burping" tank.  An aboveground hose-in-hose line, rather
than
aging underground pipes, was used last year to transfer 520,000 gallons
of
waste out of the tank.

           

Since August, CH2M HILL crews have been using the new hose-in-hose
transfer
system on the single-shell tanks.  If sensors along the length of the
hose
indicate a leak, pumping is automatically shut down.  The hose maintains
the
waste's temperature to help keep it from plugging the line.  The lines
are
placed in shallow trenches and covered with steel plates to protect the
line
and provide shielding from radiation.

 

 "Using the old transfer system last year we had three leaks, " said CH2M
HILL Single-Shell Tanks Project Director Rick Raymond.  "One involved
waste
and the other two were contaminated water.  We projected that if we
didn't
do something differently, there would be one transfer system leak per
year. 
The new hose-in-hose system eliminates that risk, and it's going to help
us
get the liquid waste out of the tanks sooner."

 

Raymond estimated the innovative transfer system will help CH2M HILL
finish
the project six to 12 months early and cut costs by $4 million to $5
million.

 

###

 

Note:  Congress created The Office of River Protection in 1998 to manage
the
nation's largest and most complex environmental cleanup project -
retrieval
and treatment of tank waste at the Hanford Site.  More background
information on the Office of River Protection can be found on the
office's
Web site at: http://www.hanford.gov/orp
<http://www.hanford.gov/orp/index.html> .

I'm resending this to the list because I hadn't finished moving
people to the new list when it was sent, so some of you didn't get it
the first time.  Everyone is now on the new list.

Lynn

> Message: 1
>    Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:56:05 GMT
>    From: "Hanford Observer" <hanford_observer@...>
> Subject: If I was on the HAB . . .
>
>
> In the Oct. 16th “Hanford Reach” at
>
> http://www.hanford.gov/reach/102300.pdf
>
> there was a story which read, in part,  as follows:
>
> >ORRs proceeding
> >
> >Commenting on other SNF Project progress, Dave Van Leuven, Fluor Hanford
> >executive vice president in charge of fuel movement, announced that
> >Operational Readiness Reviews performed by the contractor on the Canister
> >Storage Building, the cask transportation sys-tem, the K West Basin fuel
> >handling equipment and the Cold Vacuum Drying facility recently concluded
> >with very few findings. Operational Readiness Reviews by the Department of
> >Energy have begun.
> >
>
>
> In the 11/15/2000 Tri-Cities Hearld, there is a story which reads, in part,
> as follows:
>
>
> >Before the fuel can be moved, Fluor Hanford and then the Department of
> >Energy must test each procedure, the equipment used and operators'
> >training. All problems must be fixed before Fluor, and later DOE, can
> >approve moving the fuel.
> >
> >Fluor and DOE have tested and approved most steps, said Dave Van Leuven,
> >Fluor executive vice president, and Phil Loscoe, DOE K Basins project
> >director.
> >
> >One piece of the project -- the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility -- has not been
> >formally tested. At this facility between the K Basins and the underground
> >vault, every speck of moisture is to be sucked from each canister. Then the
> >empty spaces around the fuel inside the canisters are to be filled with
> >helium.
> >
> >Radioactive fuel breaks down water into hydrogen and oxygen, a potentially
> >combustible combination inside a closed container. Helium, an inert gas,
> >does not react with the fuel.
> >
> >The drying facility was finished after completion of the rest of the K
> >Basins project, which delayed training there, Van Leuven said.
> >
> >Consequently, Fluor's formal evaluation of the facility is scheduled to
> >begin late this week and to take three days, he said.
> >
>
>
> It is interesting to contrast this by the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety
> Board’s local watchdog’s Oct. 20 weekly report at
>
> http://www.dnfsb.gov/weekly/hanford/2000/hd100600.pdf
>
> which read, in part, as follows:
>
>
> >The contractor Operational Readiness Review (ORR) team terminated the Cold
> >Vacuum Drying Facility (CVDF) ORR on 10/20/00 after concluding that the
> >facility was not ready for operation. This is another example where the
> >adequacy of Fluor Hanford’s management self assessment process is
> >questionable. The contractor ORR team noted the following:
> >
> >* Equipment problems repeatedly resulted in delays leading to a 2 day
> >suspension in the ORR.
> >
> >* Observed procedures were not adequate and most required changes to be
> >performed.
> >
> >* Operations personnel did not demonstrate adequate knowledge of facility
> >processes and systems. Violations of conduct of operations as well as
> >radiological control and occupational safety practices were noted. In
> >addition, weaknesses in general and system specific knowledge were
> >observed.
> >
> >* Emergency preparedness and radiological control programs did not
> >satisfactorily demonstrate their ability to protect the worker and the
> >environment.
> >
>
> =============
>
> If I was on the HAB, I think I would be asking Dave Van Leuven some
> questions about this - it looks to me that he was being deceptive, at best.
>
> This makes me wonder what they are going to do with the filled MCOs if the
> CVDF is not ready to receive them.  Looks to me like they are trying to meet
> a deadline of moving fuel without having a place to put it.
>
>
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I've now moved everyone from the old "Hanford Watch" email list to
the new "Hanford" list on eGroups.  You should all have gotten an
email from eGroups with a password.  If not you can go to
http://www.egroups.com and register, using the email address you
use for this list. Then sign in, choose My Groups and Hanford.

You can change your personal setting there to choose how you
want to get messages from this list.  The three options are:
1. Individual emails.
2. Email "Daily Digest" of all messages.
3. No email.  Read messages on Hanford page at eGroups website.

I set everyone for Daily Digest to start because people have
complained about getting too much email.  But you can change it.

I suggest when replying to an email that you delete the message
you're replying to, unless it's really necessary, so the Daily Digests
won't go on forever.

If you have any problems let me know.  I'm the moderator, which
just means taking care of the mechanics.

Lynn Porter
Hanford Watch

In the Oct. 16th “Hanford Reach” at

http://www.hanford.gov/reach/102300.pdf

there was a story which read, in part,  as follows:

>ORRs proceeding
>
>Commenting on other SNF Project progress, Dave Van Leuven, Fluor Hanford
>executive vice president in charge of fuel movement, announced that
>Operational Readiness Reviews performed by the contractor on the Canister
>Storage Building, the cask transportation sys-tem, the K West Basin fuel
>handling equipment and the Cold Vacuum Drying facility recently concluded
>with very few findings. Operational Readiness Reviews by the Department of
>Energy have begun.
>


In the 11/15/2000 Tri-Cities Hearld, there is a story which reads, in part,
as follows:


>Before the fuel can be moved, Fluor Hanford and then the Department of
>Energy must test each procedure, the equipment used and operators'
>training. All problems must be fixed before Fluor, and later DOE, can
>approve moving the fuel.
>
>Fluor and DOE have tested and approved most steps, said Dave Van Leuven,
>Fluor executive vice president, and Phil Loscoe, DOE K Basins project
>director.
>
>One piece of the project -- the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility -- has not been
>formally tested. At this facility between the K Basins and the underground
>vault, every speck of moisture is to be sucked from each canister. Then the
>empty spaces around the fuel inside the canisters are to be filled with
>helium.
>
>Radioactive fuel breaks down water into hydrogen and oxygen, a potentially
>combustible combination inside a closed container. Helium, an inert gas,
>does not react with the fuel.
>
>The drying facility was finished after completion of the rest of the K
>Basins project, which delayed training there, Van Leuven said.
>
>Consequently, Fluor's formal evaluation of the facility is scheduled to
>begin late this week and to take three days, he said.
>


It is interesting to contrast this by the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety
Board’s local watchdog’s Oct. 20 weekly report at

http://www.dnfsb.gov/weekly/hanford/2000/hd100600.pdf

which read, in part, as follows:


>The contractor Operational Readiness Review (ORR) team terminated the Cold
>Vacuum Drying Facility (CVDF) ORR on 10/20/00 after concluding that the
>facility was not ready for operation. This is another example where the
>adequacy of Fluor Hanford’s management self assessment process is
>questionable. The contractor ORR team noted the following:
>
>* Equipment problems repeatedly resulted in delays leading to a 2 day
>suspension in the ORR.
>
>* Observed procedures were not adequate and most required changes to be
>performed.
>
>* Operations personnel did not demonstrate adequate knowledge of facility
>processes and systems. Violations of conduct of operations as well as
>radiological control and occupational safety practices were noted. In
>addition, weaknesses in general and system specific knowledge were
>observed.
>
>* Emergency preparedness and radiological control programs did not
>satisfactorily demonstrate their ability to protect the worker and the
>environment.
>

=============

If I was on the HAB, I think I would be asking Dave Van Leuven some
questions about this - it looks to me that he was being deceptive, at best.

This makes me wonder what they are going to do with the filled MCOs if the
CVDF is not ready to receive them.  Looks to me like they are trying to meet
a deadline of moving fuel without having a place to put it.


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