The public comment period has begun on the state's blended waste decision, use our online form to submit comments!

‪State regulators want to make it sound like they're protecting our health by ordering a study on whether blended waste should be dumped in Utah -- while they go ahead and let EnergySolutions start dumping blended waste in Utah.

We won't be fooled by this clear deception. Our regulators have failed us. It's time for Gov. Herbert to stand up and use his authority to keep blended waste out of Utah. Please call him -- RIGHT NOW -- and ask him to act now to protect Utahns from hotter blended nuclear waste. 801-538-1000.‬

Watch a local TV spot featuring HEAL Utah here. 

Protect Utah from Hotter, Blended Waste

Ever since the Utah State legislature passed a law banning hotter radioactive waste in 2005, EnergySolutions has sought repeatedly to circumvent the ban.

Its most recent effort to bring hotter and riskier waste to its facility in the West Desert is SempraSafe, a scheme to bring Class B and Class C nuclear power plant waste to a facility in Tennessee and mix it with Class A waste such that the resulting blend fits under Utah's limits.

That sounds to us like a clear bid to sneak hotter waste into the Clive facility. Which is why we're so alarmed that state regulators appear poised to give EnergySolutions the go-ahead to immediately begin dumping SempraSafe waste in Utah, a move that could quadruple the amount of radioactivity coming to Utah.

Mad yet? Us too. Read more here and sign up for action alerts to find out how you can fight to keep this dangerous waste out. Stay tuned.

November Update: Read a Tribune story about HEAL's research which shows that blended waste would significantly increase the radioactivity coming to Utah. Check out our press release which led to that story and a fuller description of how we reached that conclusion. Worried yet? We are too. So please call Gov. Herbert now at 801-538-1000 and ask him to keep blended nuclear waste out of Utah.

The Green River Reactors: key decision looming

As a front-page story in the Salt Lake Tribune in late November makes clear, we are on the verge of a momentous decision that will go a long way to determining whether nuclear reactors are built on the Green River.

If State Engineer Kent Jones rules that Blue Castle Holdings and Rep. Aaron Tilton can have more than 50,000 acre-feet of water from the Green River to cool their proposed nuclear reactors, then there next move will be to seek permission from a federal agency notorious for cozying up to the nuclear power industry.

HEAL is working hard to be ready as soon as we get the water rights decision: Expect to hear from us soon about next steps and how you can help us stop reactors which are risky, use far too much water and are much more expensive than clean energy alternatives. 

E-UTAH IN THE NEWS

Everyone is talking about our renewable energy roadmap for Utah, the eUtah Project! This includes the New York Times, Huffington Post, and Business Week just to name a few! Visit our sister site, www.eUtahProject.org for more renewable energy news and learn more about our initiatives in the coming year to create a cleaner and healthier energy future for Utah!  Download the Blueprint and full study here. 

The Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah) works to engage citizens in efforts to protect public health from nuclear and toxic waste and promote clean energy policies for our state.  With the help of our members, we are working to create a world in which people, not polluters, determine Utah’s environmental and energy policies.