East Tennessee Nuclear
Issues
Pictures
from Aug. 12, 2002 Rally organized by Citizens
for the Preservation of Valley Beautiful
The nuclear issues in
this east Tennessee county are two-fold: 1)
Urenco wants to build a new uranium enrichment
facility at a pristine site in either Unicoi,
TN, Lynchburg, VA or Wilmington, NC
and 2) Nuclear Fuel Services in nearby
Erwin, TN is seeking an expanded permit from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a BLEU facility
(blended uranium enrichment of uranium).
BREDL submitted a request for a hearing on the
NFS expansion to the NRC on August 8, 2002
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Many Unicoi
residents and at least one Alderman said
that the Mayor sought to abolish zoning in
the Town of Unicoi in order to smooth the way for
Urenco. On August 12 Citizens for the
Preservation of Valley Beautiful organized a
demonstration and a press conference in front of
the Unicoi Town Hall to show that people opposed
both Urenco and the plan to abolish
zoning. People filled the room and the
debate filled the air.
In a stunning
turnaround, an alderman who had supported the
Mayor's plan offered to table the resolution
to eliminate zoning. The 3-2 vote
preserved zoning and resulted in an
important victory for Citizens for the
Preservation of Valley Beautiful.
Aug. 12, 2002: Citizens for the
Preservation of Valley Beautiful Press Release - Proposal to rezone
called ploy to allow nuclear plant in Eastern
Tennessee
Aug. 8, 2002: BREDL
requests hearing on license amendment for Nuclear
Fuel Services (NFS) license for special nuclear
materials, SNM—
124, which would authorize construction and
operation of a uranyl nitrate storage building
Citizens
for the Preservation of Valley Beautiful
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