HomeMy WebLinkAbout2429 Resolution RESOLUTION NO. bgq,3L`�
A RESOLUTION of the City of Pasco in support of preparing an
Environmental Impact Statement for
Restarting the Fast Flux Test Facility at Hanford.
WHEREAS, medical isotopes are increasingly being used in research and in
providing new, cost-effective, cutting-edge technologies for the diagnosis and
.treatment of disease, including cancer, heart disease and arthritis; and
WHEREAS, the United States is importing more than 90 percent of the
reactor-produced medical isotopes currently used to save a significant number of the
lives of our citizens; and
WHEREAS, market projections for utilization of medical isotopes for diagnosis
and treatment show our country will need new production sources to assure a
domestic supply to meet the increasing demand; and
WHEREAS, the FFTF was designed, constructed and safely operated as a
state-of-the-art reactor with world class isotope production capabilities and is the
newest, most sophisticated reactor in the U. S. Department of Energy complex and, as
such, is an irreplaceable national asset; and
WHEREAS, the FFTF is presently being maintained in a stand-by mode; and
WHEREAS, the public deserves an opportunity to be involved in the decision-
.making process to consider whether the FFTF should be restarted or permanently
shut down; and
WHEREAS, preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will
formally involve the public in any decision about FFTF's future.
NOW, 77MREFOPA THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIIE CITY OF PASCO,
WASHINGTON, DO RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS.
Section 1. That the U. S. Department of Energy Secretary William Richardson
be encouraged to order an Environmental Impact Statement for restarting the Fast
Flux Test Facility at Hanford.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution shall take effect
immediately.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Pasco at its regular meeting dated
this 1 t day of March, 1999.
66ries D. Kilbury, M
ATTEST:. ? APPR AS TO FORIVL
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Cathedi ve D. Seaman, Deputy ity( lerk Leland S Kerr, City Attorney