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Environmentalists show no confidence in nuclear waste site’s safety

Environmentalists show no confidence in nuclear waste site’s safety THE HANKYOREH, 30 July 09

Lawmaker Cho and environmental researchers disclose prior site assessment reports on Gyeongju waste facility site that reveal base rock instability

Environmental organizations asked for further investigation into the safety of the nuclear waste disposal site currently under construction in the Gyeongju area on Tuesday. The organizations are basing its demands for a complete stop to construction on a review of previously released reports. The completion of the facility’s construction originally set for the end of 2009, has already been delayed by some two and a half years due to problems in the site’s base rock.

Cho Seung-soo, a　lawmaker with the New Progressive Party, and members the Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM) and other environmental organizations, held a press conference at the National Assembly and said, “We cannot confirm the safety of the site because a site assessment (in 2005) confirms the condition of the base rock is unstable and weak.”

July 29, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | 1, ASIA, wastes | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear wastes, wastes