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Some important unexamined questions concerning the Barnwell nuclear fuel reprocessing plant

AuthorJ.Gofman
Date1972
Classification 3.01.5.23/01 (UNITED STATES - REPROCESSING)
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Introduction

I consider it a privilege to discuss with you same crucial questions concerning 
the siting and operation of the proposed Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing 
Plant of Allied-Gulf Nuclear Services. And I wish to express my appreciation to 
Mr. H. J. Larson, President, and Mr. R. I. Newman, Vice President of the Allied-Gulf 
Nuclear Services Company. They have both been gracious and totally cooperative in 
making available to me for study the full Environmental Report on the proposed 
Barnwell Plant. More than that, they have both expressed their sincere desire to 
have my comments and suggestions.
Allied Chemical and Gulf Oil Corporations are two of our foremost U.S. industrial 
corporations. I accept completely the statement of Mr. R. I. Newman in a recent 
letter to me that:
"It has been, is and will continue to be our prime goal to insure the safety of the 
public as well as our workers, and to insure that our operations have a negligible, 
if any, impact on the environment."
Therefore, the issues I shall raise here are addressed to these two great American 
corporations, as well as to the South Carolina Legislature. As we get into the 
discussions more deeply, I hope it will become clear that the Barnwell facility raises 
questions requiring that the necessary participants are far beyond Allied-Gulf and 
South Carolina - indeed, we must truly consider the interests of everyone living on 
the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, as well as those of more inland States. 
Some of the considerations will demonstrate that because of potential risk of requiring 
evacuation of Washington, D.C., the entire National interest is definitely involved in 
our considerations.

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