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Nuclear waste disposal studied
By D.L. Horton
Nebraska probably will enter into a compact with one
of two groups of midwestern states to establish a regional
disposal site for low-level nuclear waste, Judy Lange,
assistant legal council for the Nebraska Department of En
vironmental Control, said.
Since most midwestern states produce little of the
waste - generated by industrial, medical and research
users and having a very short radioactive life - they are
forming compacts to choose a regional disposal site. Only
three places in the country now accept low-level waste.
The costs of investigating a site, supervising disposal of
the wastes, and securing and monitoring the site until the
waste is no longer hazardous is too high for most states to
pay individually.
Water table depth, soil porosity and stability, the cost
and potential problem with transportation, current land
use and possible conflicts with those users, and the numb
er of people living in the area are some of the factors look
ed at in choosing a site.
No site has been chosen in any of the 16 states involv
ed, Lange said. Representatives from each state have been
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meeting to explore their needs for disposal.
The compacts probably will be finished by January,
she said. After one of the compacts is approved by the
states' representatives, each state's legislature must adopt
the compact without changes. Congress also must approve
the compact for it to become law.
The compacts may be introduced in some state legis
latures this year but Nebraska will not introduce until
January 1983 the compact its representatives approve,
she said.
Both companies assume a private contractor will
operate the site. She said private companies have more ex
pertise in nuclear disposal and it would "be a headache for
the state to run a site like that." Finding and running a
site costs over several million dollars, Lange said.
A fee will be charged each time waste is disposed to
pay for monitoring and securing the site.
The fee ensures that the state or federal government
will have funds to secure the site even if the contractor
goes out of business.
Another advantage is a private company can be held re
sponsible for accidents. If the state operated the site, it
could not be sued.
Through an agreement with the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Nebraska became an "agreement state" and
can regulate and issue licenses to disposal site contractors.
If the state operated the site, it would have to give up the
"agreement site" status and submit to NRC regulation be
cause it can't regulate itself.
The state's only cost is sending representatives to the
meetings and helping set up a commission to oversee the
compact. Nebraska also must accept the responsibility
that a site will be located here.
"No one has., volunteered to host the site," Lange said,
"but Illinois is toying with the idea because it generates
50 percent of the waste in one (compact) group."
After a site has been selected, the host state must try
to get it licensed, Lange said.
Vincent H. Dreeszen, director of UNL's Conservation
and Survey Division, said his staff worked with the state's
environmental control office to make up comprehensive
requirements for site investigations.
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Big Wheel, about 100 Hot Wheels cars . . ." Zachery
Simms seems to be thinking as he savors a candy
cane and waits for Santa Wednesday night at the
Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house.
The manager of the
University of Nebraska Fed
eral Credit Union said they
have received about 50 calls
from people wondering if
that credit union is closing,
after an article in last week's
Daily Nebraskan described
the closing of the ASUN
Credit Union.
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Bob Meyer said the NU
credit union "is alive and
healthier than ever, with
over 3,000 members and
$3.5 million in assets."
He said several people
called or came into the
credit union and when they
were told it was the ASUN
credit union that was clos
ing, they said "Oh, well, if
you're open, we won't take
out our money."
Meyer said he did not
know if anyone had with
drawn money or closed
their accounts because of
the misunderstanding.
"For every person who
voices an opinion, someone
acts and keeps silent," he
said. "But a fairly signifi
cant number have voiced
concern."
The NU credit union is
chartered by the federal
government, and each
account is insured for up to
$100,000 through a govern
ment agency.
Membership is restricted
to faculty and permanent
employees of the entire NU
system, he said. He added
that both the NU Medical
Center and UNO have credit
unions, but some people
from UNO belong to the
NU credit union.
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