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WASHINGTON GOV. DIXY LEE RAY is one tough woman. Very early on the morning of October 4--as the haze lifted over Olympia--she was tougher than usual. Standing in front of a small group of reporters, Ray announced that she had shut down the Hanford, Wash., radioactive waste dumping site. A spot check of trucks carrying sludge into the state had revealed serious violations of federal regulations on transporting hazardous materials...
...have been brought to the public's attention in the last month by a series of incidents. First, Ray shut down the Hanford site, causing a slight panic among the nation's universities and hospitals which depend on radioactive maerials for their experiments. A couple of weeks later, Nevada Gov. Robert List shut down the second of the nation's three radioactive waste burial grounds at Beatty, Nev. "I'm just tired of having to assume the responsibility for having our people take the risks in a system which is not properly regulated," List said. Then last week, South Carolina...
...disposal problem is a textbook case in agency buck-passing. In late 1977, the NRC urged the DOE to prepare a contingency plan in case the country's three commercial disposal sites had to be shut down. The NRC identified a "Clear potential for disruption," and suggested--as Illinois Gov. James Thompson recommended last week--opening the government's 14 existing sites to commercial waste generators. Nothing was done...
...Presidential campaigns touched down at Harvard Tuesday, one year and two weeks before the final election. California Gov. and unannounced Democratic candidate JERRY BROWN [left] demanded increased public control of private business and criticized forced busgng before a jampacked Sanders Theater audience. Republican presidential hopeful JOHN B. ANDERSON [R-Ill.] (right) said the country must strengthen itself domestically to reaffirm its standing in the eyes of the world...
...Nevada Gov. Robert List this week closed down the Beatty burial ground, and Todd officials said they would just have to store the waste in Texas until the site opens again...