Port of Tacoma will Host Meeting on Nuclear Fuel Shipments.TACOMA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 1995--The Port of Tacoma A major gateway to Asia and Alaska, the Port of Tacoma is a leading North American seaport, handling more than $35.6 billion in annual trade and nearly 2.1 million TEUs (Twenty-foot Equivalent container Units) in 2006. will hold a Puget Sound Puget Sound (py  `jĕt), arm of the Pacific Ocean, NW Wash., connected with the Pacific by Juan de Fuca Strait, entered through the Admiralty Inlet and extending in two arms c. fact-finding and public comment meeting on the U.S. Department of Energy's listing of the Port of Tacoma as a possible trans-shipment site for spent nuclear fuel Spent nuclear fuel, occasionally called used nuclear fuel, is nuclear fuel that has been irradiated in a nuclear reactor (usually at a nuclear power plant) to the point where it is no longer useful in sustaining a nuclear reaction. rods. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m., Monday, May 22 in the theatre at Building 3, Tacoma Community College Tacoma Community College is a community college located in Tacoma, Washington, with satellite operations in Gig Harbor and the Tacoma Mall. It serves the city of Tacoma and the Pierce County portion of the Kitsap Peninsula. , 5900 South 12th Street, Tacoma. Tacoma is one of ten ports listed by DOE as possible sites for receiving spent nuclear fuel rods from research reactors in 41 countries around the globe. The rods would be shipped via truck to storage sites in Idaho or Georgia. The Port of Tacoma Commission on Friday, May 12, unanimously registered its opposition to receiving the shipments based on the information currently available. "The State of Washington has had its fair share of waste issues," said Patrick O'Malley
"The Port of Tacoma has won environmental awards and has a proven track record of supporting the environment," O'Malley added. "We owe it to the taxpayers of Pierce County and Washington State to act responsibly in protecting their interests." O'Malley called for the support of city, county, state and federal elected officials, as well as the citizens of Puget Sound and the State of Washington to keep the nuclear shipments out of Tacoma. CONTACT: Port of Tacoma, Tacoma Rod Koon or Mick Shultz, 206/383-5841 |
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