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Environmental issues at Sequoyah Fuels Corporation's Uranium conversion plant near Gore, Oklahoma (1992)
| Author | Saleska, Arjun Makhijani |
| Date | July 1992 |
| Classification | 3.01.8.50/02 (UNITED STATES - SITES - SOUTH WEST OTHER) |
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Preface This study has been undertaken to provide an independent review of environmental issues of concern at the uranium processing plant near Gore, Oklahoma which is owned and operated by the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation, a subsidiary of General Atomics Corporation. Originally called the Sequoyah Uranium Hexafluoride Plant, the facility was built by Kerr-McGee Corporation, which operated the plant from its beginning in 1970 until 1988, when it was sold to General Atomics. The facility's primary activity is the conversion of uranium oxide into uranium hexafluoride, which, after further processing, is eventually turned into fuel for commercial nuclear power reactors. During the past two years, the plant has been in the process of license renewal with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. During this time, a number of concerns related to environmental issues have drawn renewed attention, including contamination of groundwater, contamination of workers, releases of uranium and other elements to the air and water, and the spreading of a treated raffinate waste stream on the surrounding land as "fertilizer." The purpose of this study is to evaluate these and related issues and to examine the environmental data which have been collected so far in order to identify new areas of potential concern - or areas of ongoing concern which have not yet been adequately addressed- which should be considered by the NRC and the public in the current license renewal process. This study was conducted by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), a non-profit organization which studies technical aspects of a range environmental and energy issues. The study was done under contract with the Native Americans for a Clean Environment (NACE), an Oklahoma citizen environmental organization concerned about the possible impacts of the Sequoyah Fuels plant on the surrounding environment and public health. The study could not have been completed without the assistance and consultation, including research and the tracking down of numerous documents and references, provided by Lance Hughes, Director of NACE, and by NACE's attorney, Diane Curran, of the law firm Harmon, Curran, Gallagher, and Spielberg.
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