Tun daga shekara ta 2012, Ma'aikatar Makamashi tana tattaunawa game da wani tsari na gina ƙazantar datti don sharar gida daga rushewar gine-gine a kan Y-12, wani wurin da ya ƙunshi ƙananan matakan radiation daga aikin Manhattan Project da ake yi a can.
Jami'an tarayya sun zabi wani yanki mai gandun daji a cikin Oak Ridge Preserve, wanda ba da nisa da Y-12, a bakin ruwa na Bear Creek, wanda ke gudana a cikin Clinch River. Masu kula da muhalli a Tennessee suna nazarin tsare-tsaren da kuma gabatar da sharhi fiye da shekaru goma.
Yayin da kungiyoyin kare muhalli na cikin gida suka yarda cewa sharar da aka dade shekaru da yawa sai an je wani wuri, babu tabbas a cikin shawarwarin mai shafuka 100 yadda sabon zubar da shara zai kare mutane da muhalli daga kwararar radiyo.
"Idan kawai kuna jigilar gurɓata abubuwa daga gine-gine zuwa cikin kogin, ƙila za ku iya cire shi daga kadarorin DOE, amma ba a zahiri ɗauka ba," in ji Amanda Garcia na Cibiyar Dokar Muhalli ta Kudancin. "Kuna rarraba shi sosai ga al'umma."
Masu kula da muhalli da suka yi magana da Knox News ba su gaba ɗaya adawa da zubar da ƙasa ba, amma sun ce cikakkun bayanai na shirin yana da wuya a samu.
Ofishin Ma'aikatar Makamashi na Kula da Muhalli yana gudanar da taron jama'a a Oak Ridge don neman ra'ayoyin jama'a game da shirinsa na gina sharar gida mai girman eka 92 a cikin kwarin Bear Creek. Za a gudanar da taron a ranar Talata a Cibiyar Taro na Fasaha ta Pollard. 210 Badger Ave, Oak Ridge, daga 6-8 na yamma.
"Ma'aikatar Makamashi tana buɗe lokacin sharhi na 30 na jama'a da gudanar da taron jama'a don ba da cikakkun bayanai da amsa," in ji kakakin DOE Ben Williams a cikin imel zuwa Knox News. Abubuwan da suka shafi al'umma da suka shafi batutuwan da ke cikin takardar gaskiyar."
Masu kula da muhalli, ma’aikatan Sashen Kula da Muhalli na Tennessee da suka yi ritaya da mazauna Oak Ridge sun ce takardar gaskiyar lamarin ba ta magance batutuwan da suka dage ba tun lokacin da aka fara gabatar da aikin a shekara ta 2011.
Juya sharar gida ta zama takalmi da tufafi: Oak Ridge Laboratory National yana mai da gurɓata ruwa zuwa man fetur, robobi da…tufafi masu tsayi?
Suna tsoron cewa wata rana ruwa zai yi ambaliya a cikin mazugi, wanda zai iya zubar da ruwa kuma ya kwashe gurɓataccen ruwa a ƙasa. Gabashin Tennessee yana ruwan sama - kuma fiye da haka - ƙazantar da ƙasa tana cikin kwarin tudu mai tsayi a mashigin ruwan rafi.
"Suna hana mu," in ji Axel Ringer, shugaban kiyayewa na rukunin Tennessee na Saliyo.
Ringer ya ce Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta kasa samar da bayanai kan yadda ruwan karkashin kasa zai bi ta wurin da ake shirin kwashewa, da nau'i da adadin sharar da za a zubar, da kuma ko rumbun za ta cutar da Bear Creek, wanda cikin sauki ake cirewa daga wani shahararren wuri. . hanyar tafiya.
DOE ba ta amsa tambayoyin Knox News game da matsalolin al'umma ba. A cikin maganganun jama'a, duk da haka, Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka ta ce gaba daya ba ta yarda da sukar da ake yi ba cewa ba a sarrafa wuraren da ake da su ba. an yi nazari sosai.
"Akwai daruruwan rijiyoyi a cikin kwarin Bear Creek tare da bayanan shekarun da suka gabata," in ji DOE. "Yayin da ƙirar ke ci gaba, za a gyara ƙirar kamar yadda ake buƙata don yin la'akari da sababbin bayanai."
An ƙera sabon ƙazantar ne don faɗaɗa ƙarfin sarrafawa don ƙarancin matakin sharar rediyo a matsayin wani ɓangare na tsaftace wuraren nukiliyar shekaru da yawa da suka rage daga aikin Manhattan da yakin cacar baki. Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka a halin yanzu tana amfani da wani wurin zubar da ƙasa, Gudanar da Muhalli. Wurin Gudanar da Sharar gida, don zubar da sharar rediyo mai ƙaranci. Gidan yana cike da kashi 80% kuma yana yamma da Y-12.
"Suna magana game da yadda za a yi aiki ba tare da matsala ba har tsawon shekaru 20," in ji Ringer. "Wannan ba gaskiya ba ne. [Maganin shara] yana da jerin abubuwan da suka faru da suka zubar da ruwan najasa a cikin Bear Creek."
Tawagar injiniyoyin farar hula a Jami'ar Virginia sun gano cewa leachate - ruwan da ke wucewa ta cikin wuraren da ake zubar da ruwa a halin yanzu - yana da fiye da sau biyu matsakaicin adadin da aka yarda da shi na uranium a cikin ruwan sha. DOE ne ke sarrafa wannan lechate a wani wurin da ke kusa.
Tun game da 2011, Ma'aikatar Makamashi, Hukumar Kare Muhalli da Ma'aikatar Muhalli da Kariya ta Tennessee suna tattaunawa game da sabon sharar gida. Hukumomin guda uku sun ci gaba da tsayawa kan tsare-tsaren Ma'aikatar Makamashi, suna nuna rashin haske da bayanai. rikice-rikice yakan shafi jami'ai a Washington, DC
"Dole ne mu tuna cewa maƙasudai da ka'idojin da EPA da TDEC dole ne su ƙayyade shine ko (landfills) kare lafiyar ɗan adam da muhalli," in ji Garcia. balle jama’a.”
Sabbin daftarin shirin da aka tsara na shimfidar ƙasa yana ci gaba da addabar EPA da TDEC kan tsabta da al'amurran da suka shafi ka'idoji. Musamman, ko shirin DOE ya dace da Dokar Ruwa mai Tsafta da ka'idojin hana lalata na Tennessee.
Garcia ta ce sabbin tatsuniyoyi da aka yi wa jama'a ba su magance wadannan matsalolin da ake ci gaba da yi ba. Idan har ana son a samar da kariya, sashen na bukatar tantancewa da wuri iri da adadin sharar, da kuma iyakokin tsaftar ruwa, in ji ta. .
Garcia ya ce "Jinkirtawa babban kimanta ko layin yana da kariya kuma yana hana kamuwa da cuta shiga cikin ruwan karkashin kasa babban lamari ne," in ji Garcia.
Wannan ita ce matsalar tsohon wurin. Wani bincike da Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka ya yi ya gano cewa iyawar da ake da shi a halin yanzu na cika da sharar da ba ta da hadari wadda ba ta bukatar a zubar da ita. rashin sanin hukunce-hukuncen jihohi na takaita sharar mercury, kuma sun kasa bayar da bayanai kan abubuwan da aka zubar yayin tantancewar.
Dan majalisar birnin Oak Ridge Alan Smith ya rubuta a cikin sharhin jama'a ga Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka a cikin 2018: "Idan aka yi amfani da sararin samaniya a cikin wuraren da ake da su da gaskiya, Ma'aikatar Makamashi ba za ta yi gaggawar samun sabbin wuraren zubar da kasa ba. Filayen ƙasa. Gaskiyar cewa DOE ba zai gaya mana menene ka'idojin karbar sharar gida ba, kuma la'akari ne da ke iyakance yuwuwar amincewar jama'a game da shawarar DOE."
Dale Rector, tsohon ma'aikacin TDEC wanda ya yi aiki a Oak Ridge Conservation Area na tsawon shekaru 24, ya ce sabon wurin bai taba samun cikakken ka'idojin karban sharar ba.Wannan yana da matukar muhimmanci ga tsara wuraren da ake zubar da kasa don hana shigar ruwa karkashin kasa da kuma tantance hadarin da ke tattare da muhalli da lafiyar jama'a.
"Idan ruwa ya shiga ciki, dole ne ya fito daga ciki," in ji Rector.
A baya dai shugaban makarantar ya sanya hannu kan wata budaddiyar wasika tare da wasu tsoffin ma’aikatan TDEC da ke nuna damuwa game da rashin bayyana cikakken bayani game da aikin share fage. .
Rector ya ce game da hukumomin da suka shafi tsarawa da kuma kula da aikin.” Babu wanda ya yarda da wani abu kuma sun ba mu rikodin yanke shawarar. .”
Knox News ya tambayi ko TDEC, EPA da DOE sun cimma matsaya. Kakakin DOE Ben Williams ya ce hukumar ta "ba da hadin kai kuma ta cimma matsaya" kan batutuwan da aka taso a cikin takardar gaskiya.
Mai magana da yawun TDEC Kim Schofinski ya rubuta: "Yayin da aka cimma matsaya mai girma kan batutuwan da aka tattauna a cikin takardar gaskiya, dole ne a sake duba cikakken rikodin rikodin yanke shawara (daftarin na biyu) kafin a amince da TDEC bisa ka'ida."
A cikin maganganun jama'a, DOE ta nace cewa "za ta cika dukkan ka'idojin da suka shafi zubar da mercury" kuma za a samo ka'idojin karbar sharar daga dokokin muhalli na jihohi da na tarayya."
Dukkanin tsarin ya kasance abin takaici, in ji Virginia Dyer, mazaunin Oak Ridge, memba na Oak Ridge Conservation Advocate kuma tsohon masanin ilimin kimiya na Oak Ridge na kasa.
Dyer ta ce ta yi hakan ne domin 'ya'yanta da jikokinta su zauna cikin kwanciyar hankali a Oak Ridge. Ta ce tana son bayyana gaskiya ta yadda al'umma za su iya yanke shawara mai kyau game da wuraren sharar ƙasa.Tana son Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta buɗe bayan ta ji maganganun jama'a a wurin taron.
"Ba na jin kamar ni dan gwagwarmaya ne," in ji Dyer." Ni kaka ce. Ina fatan Oak Ridge ana ɗaukarsa azaman sunan da ke yin abin da ya dace.
Lokacin aikawa: Mayu-17-2022
