Beyond Nuclear, dozens of organizations, urge NRC to upgrade high-level radioactive waste storage casks, Nov. 24, 2008.

The C-10 Foundation (within the 10-mile radius of the Seabrook, NH nuclear power plant) has spearheaded a petition for rulemaking to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission calling for significant upgrades on the quality of the design, manufacture, and operation of dry storage casks. Dry casks are the concrete and steel silos used to contain irradiated nuclear fuel in the open air at increasing numbers of reactor sites across the country. Beyond Nuclear, along with national groups Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Public Citizen, SUN DAY Campaign, and numerous additional grassroots groups, co-signed the C-10 petition. Read the petition and the media release. Beyond Nuclear believes that while the only real solution for radioactive waste is to not make it in the first place, we must nevertheless permanently isolate what already exists from the environment. The requiring of quality assurance upgrades on high-level radioactive waste containers is an essential first step.