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The group opposed to Senate Bill 19 constantly compared the outdated technology of 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