Activist Groups Press for More Info on Uranium Processing Facility

Two activist groups—the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance and Nuclear Watch New Mexico—say they have jointly filed Freedom of Information Act requests to force the government to reveal more information about revised plans for the Uranium Processing Facility. According to their news release, the groups are seeking documents known as a Supplement Analysis, which is required when significant changes are made to a federal project’s Record of Decision. If DOE failed to prepare a Supplement Analysis, the federal agency could be “legally vulnerable,” the long-time activist groups said. Ralph Hutchison, coordinator of OREPA, said the public deserves to know what’s going on with the big project. “We are the ones placed at risk when people in Washington make decisions to keep building nuclear bombs in buildings that do not meet safety codes or even weakened seismic standards,” he said. “At the very least, we deserve an explanation.”