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Get on this, readers: Earlier this month, the Utah Radiation Control Board was the first state agency to take a stand against EnergySolutions’ plan to import 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy. Now you can make your voice heard, too. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is taking public comments starting today on EnergySolutions’ request to import nuclear waste from Italy’s defunct reactors. Help us send a message to the NRC that importing another country’s nuclear waste sets a bad precedent for Utah and the U.S. to become the world’s nuclear waste dump and endangers our health, safety, and security. You can email your comments through our web-form here: http://www.healutah.org/energysolutions/ItalianWasteComments You can also mail your comments to: Office of the Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Attention: Rulemaking and Adjudications The federal government has been at Utah’s door in the recent past, asking for our approval to let nuclear was...

I won't be able to attend this event, but perhaps some of you kind readers will be able to: Join HEAL Utah at the Division of Radiation Control tomorrow to speak out against EnergySolutions’ plan to dump 20,000 tons of Italian nuclear waste in the U.S. While no Utah public official has spoken out against this proposal, tomorrow the State Radiation Control Board will decide if they should be the first to take a bold stand. Let’s pack the room and encourage them to protect Utah and the U.S. from becoming the world’s nuclear dumping ground. The Board has agreed to hear comments from the public before they make a decision on this issue. If you plan to speak (and we urge you to!), please let us know so we can sign you in . What : Utah Radiation Control Board Hearing Where : Department of Environmental Quality (Bldg #2), Conference Room 101, 168 North 1950 West, Salt Lake City, Utah When : 2:00 – 4:00 PM, Friday, February 1, 2008 ***** On a different note, thank you to everyone who...