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existence of nuclear power plants. If the generation of nuclear power ceased today, we would still need a way to dispose of the radioactive waste The group opposed to Senate Bill 19 constantly compared the outdated technology of shallow under ground burial to new technology specified in Senate Bill 19, which is closely monitored, multiple barrier, engineered above ground buildings. Buildings designed to withstand the types of earthquakes we see in Ohio. Buildings that can be constantly inspected and maintained. The group spoke and wrote of leaking liquids, when liquids are strictly prohibited from an Ohio facility under Senate Bill 19. They raised the fear of transportation accidents. Yet those shipments are already being transported though our state and will continue to be transported through our state with or without Senate Bill 19 or any other state law about the storage of radioactive waste: Federal Law regulates those shipments. They told of the storage facility being at tax payers expense, when clearly it is being financed by the generators with up front fees and a perpetual care fund. During our question and answer session, the overwhelming concern of council was also "Acceptable" and "Non Acceptable" waste. However, our segregation was waste generated in Ohio and waste generated by other compact states. Remember two facts are key. # 1 Because of the Interstate Commerce Clause(ICC) of the United States Constitution, we must be part of a compact or we must accept waste from all 50 states. ICC has been tested in the Supreme Court in regard to Ohio land fills accepting garbage from other states. #2 The Citizens present at our meeting did not want to build or maintain any facility at the expense of Ohio taxpayers. We must remember the broader our customer base for the maximum of 2 1/4 million cubic feet(500'x500"x9') being stored, the better our tax payers will be insulated from future possible costs. Also, with that broader financial support from the producers in the other states, we can better afford to properly locate, engineer, build, and monitor the facility. An excellent site and facility will be far safer than one in which costs had to be cut to meet a limited budget. Additionally, at the end of a number of years, longer life materials can then be shipped to the other compact state facilities rather than us being forced to keep that material in Ohio. Those state facilities will be even better engineered for safe long life because they will be designed later. Just as technology has advanced to allow us to build a far superior facility to those in Kentucky and South Carolina, technology will. be further advanced from our experience. Lastly, everyone of us should be enraged when the supporters of the resolution came into our council chambers and insulted all elected officials by stating our elected state representatives and our state employees are being bribed. I was further personally angered when they stated the League of Women Voters is on the take and their support is