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RESOLUTION
RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF PLUTONIUM MISSION OF
THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE.
WHEREAS, the handling and disposition of excess weapons
plutonium is of grave concern to the national security of the
United States; and
WHEREAS, plutonium disposition represents one of the most
certain future missions of the DOE for the next 20 to 30 years; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Energy has decided to pursue
a dual path for plutonium disposition and has named the Savannah
River Site as a candidate site for both options; and
WHEREAS, the Savannah River site has produced
approximately 40 percent of all US weapons grade plutonium over the
last 45 years and has safely handled plutonium in glovebox
processing equipment with no adverse impact on workers, the public
or the environment; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Energy in its Record of
Decisions recognizes the Savannah River site as "a plutonium
competent site with the most modern, state-of-the-art storage and
processing abilities . with the only remaining large scale
chemical separation and processing capability in the DOE complex";
and
WHEREAS, the regional community in the Central
River Area (CSRA) of South Carolina and Georgia strongly
continued plutonium missions for the Department of
Savannah River Site;
Savannah
supports
Energy's
NOW, BE IT RESOLVED that the Augusta-Richmond County
Commission strongly endorses major plutonium missions for the
Savannah River Site and urges the Department of Energy to designate
the Savannah River site as its local facility in plutonium
management and disposition.
/~ Duly adopted by the Augusta-Richmond County Commission
this ~ day of March, 1997.
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nAR-03-97 MON 15:50
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FAX NO. 8036434850
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March 3, 1997
To: Mayor Sconyers & County Commissioners
From: Lcssie B. Price
The following individuals will provide a briefing ou the plutonium mission following
your meeting on Thesday, March 4, 1997 at around 4:00 PM.
Mr. Robert Meadows, Manager of Strategic Planning & Integration. Savannah River Site
Mr. John Lindsay, Vice President & DiTector, Community Outreach Division
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