Kuyambira 2012, Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi yakhala ikukambirana za malingaliro omanga malo otayirapo zinyalala kuchokera ku kugwetsedwa kwa nyumba pa Y-12, malo omwe ali ndi ma radiation otsika kuchokera ku ntchito ya Manhattan Project yomwe ikuchitika kumeneko.
Akuluakulu a boma adasankha malo a nkhalango ku Oak Ridge Preserve, pafupi ndi Y-12, pamutu wa Bear Creek, womwe umalowa mu Clinch River.Oyang'anira zachilengedwe ku Tennessee akhala akuwunika ndondomeko ndikupereka ndemanga kwa zaka zoposa khumi.
Ngakhale magulu achilengedwe akumaloko amavomereza kuti zinyalala zomwe zakhala zaka makumi ambiri ziyenera kupita kwinakwake, sizikudziwika bwino mumalingaliro amasamba 100 momwe malo atsopanowo angatetezere anthu ndi chilengedwe kuti asatayike.
"Ngati mukungosamutsa zowononga mnyumba kulowa mumtsinje, mwina mukuzichotsa ku DOE, koma osazitola," adatero Amanda Garcia wa Southern Environmental Law Center. “Mukuzigawira m’madera ambiri.”
Oyang'anira zachilengedwe omwe adalankhula ndi Knox News samatsutsana kwathunthu ndi zotayira, koma akuti zambiri za dongosololi ndizovuta kupeza.
Ofesi ya dipatimenti ya Energy of Environmental Management ikuchita msonkhano wa anthu ku Oak Ridge kuti apemphe ndemanga za anthu pamalingaliro ake omanga malo otayirako zinyalala za maekala 92 ku Bear Creek Valley. Msonkhanowu udzachitika Lachiwiri ku Pollard Technology Conference Center ku 210 Badger Ave, Oak Ridge, kuyambira 6-8 pm.
"Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ikutsegula nthawi yamasiku 30 yopereka ndemanga pagulu ndikuchita msonkhano wapagulu kuti apereke zambiri ndi kuyankha," wolankhulira DOE Ben Williams adalemba mu imelo ku Knox News. Nkhani za anthu ammudzi zokhudzana ndi nkhani zomwe zafotokozedwa m'nkhaniyi. "
Oyang'anira zachilengedwe, ogwira ntchito ku Tennessee omwe adapuma pantchito yosamalira zachilengedwe komanso okhala ku Oak Ridge adati chikalatacho sichinathetse mavuto omwe akhala akupitilira kuyambira pomwe polojekitiyi idaperekedwa koyamba cha 2011.
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Amawopa kuti tsiku lina madzi adzasefukira kutayirako, komwe kumatha kutayika ndikunyamula zowononga kunsi kwa mtsinje. East Tennessee ikugwa mvula - ndipo mochulukira - tayiyi ili m'chigwa cha zitunda zotsetsereka kumtsinje wamtsinje.
"Akutilepheretsa," atero a Axel Ringer, Purezidenti woteteza zachilengedwe ku Tennessee mutu wa Sierra Club.
Ringer adati Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi idalephera kupereka zambiri za momwe madzi apansi angadutsire potayirapo, mtundu ndi kuchuluka kwa zinyalala zomwe zidzatayidwe, komanso ngati kutayirako kungawononge Bear Creek, yomwe imachotsedwa mosavuta pamalo otchuka. . mayendedwe okwera.
Bungwe la DOE silinayankhe mafunso a Knox News okhudza nkhawa za anthu ammudzi.Mu ndemanga za anthu, komabe, Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku United States inanena kuti sagwirizana ndi kutsutsidwa kuti malo omwe analipo anali osayendetsedwa bwino. anaphunzitsidwa mokwanira.
"Pali zitsime mazana ambiri ku Bear Creek Valley zomwe zili ndi zaka zambiri," a DOE adalemba. "Pamene mapangidwe akupita patsogolo, mapangidwewo adzasinthidwa momwe angafunikire kuti aganizire zatsopano."
Malo atsopanowa adapangidwa kuti awonjezere mphamvu yopangira zinyalala zotsika kwambiri monga gawo la zaka makumi angapo zakuyeretsa zida zanyukiliya zomwe zatsala ku Manhattan Project ndi Cold War. The US department of Energy pakali pano ikugwiritsa ntchito malo ena otayirako, Environmental Management. Malo Oyang'anira Zinyalala, kuti atayire zinyalala zotsika kwambiri za radioactive. Malowa ndi odzaza ndi 80% ndipo ali kumadzulo kwa Y-12.
Ringer anati: “Iwo amakamba za mmene zinthu zidzakhalire popanda mavuto kwa zaka 20.” Zimenezo si zoona. [Malo otayiramo] anali ndi zochitika zosefukira zomwe zidatayira zimbudzi mu Bear Creek.”
Gulu la akatswiri a zomangamanga ku yunivesite ya Virginia linapeza kuti leachate-madzi omwe amadutsa kumalo otayirapo malo omwe alipo panopa-ali ndi kuwirikiza kawiri kuchuluka kovomerezeka kwa uranium m'madzi akumwa.
Kuyambira cha 2011, Dipatimenti ya Mphamvu, Environmental Protection Agency ndi Dipatimenti ya Zachilengedwe ndi Chitetezo ku Tennessee akhala akukambirana za malo atsopano. mikangano nthawi zambiri imakhudza akuluakulu a ku Washington, DC
"Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti zolinga ndi njira zomwe EPA ndi TDEC ziyenera kudziwa ngati (zotayira) zimateteza thanzi la anthu komanso chilengedwe," adatero Garcia. osasiya anthu.”
Zolemba zaposachedwa za pulani yakutayirako zinyalala zikupitilirabe kuvutitsa EPA ndi TDEC pankhani zomveka bwino komanso zowongolera.Mwachindunji, ngati pulogalamu ya DOE ikugwirizana ndi Clean Water Act ndi malamulo odana ndi kuwonongeka kwa Tennessee.
Garcia adati zolemba zomwe zasinthidwa zomwe zaperekedwa kwa anthu sizinathetsere nkhawa zomwe zikuchitikazi. .
"Kuchedwetsa kuwunika kwakukulu ngati njanjiyo ndi yoteteza komanso imalepheretsa kuipitsidwa kulowa m'madzi apansi ndi chinthu chachikulu," adatero Garcia.
Limeneli linali vuto ndi malo amene kale ankatayiramo zinyalala.Adipatimenti yoona za mphamvu ya ku United States yofufuza za mphamvu inapeza kuti malo otayirapo malo omwe alipo panopa ali ndi zinyalala zosaopsa zomwe siziyenera kutayidwa kumeneko.Audindo ku Tennessee adatsimikiza kuti makontrakitala omwe amayang'anira zotayirapo panopo analipo. sadziwa kuti boma lidalamula kuchepetsa zinyalala za mercury, ndipo sanathe kupereka zidziwitso za zinyalala zomwe zidatayidwa panthawi yofufuza.
Mtsogoleri wa bungwe la Oak Ridge City, Alan Smith, adalemba ndemanga za anthu ku Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi ku US mu 2018 kuti: "Ngati malo omwe analipo adagwiritsidwa ntchito moyenera, Dipatimenti ya Zamagetsi singakhale yofulumira kupeza malo atsopano. Dansi. Mfundo yoti DOE sidzatiuza kuti njira zovomerezera zinyalalazi ndi ziti, ndipo ndi lingaliro lomwe limachepetsa chidaliro cha anthu pa chisankho cha DOE.
Dale Rector, yemwe kale anali wogwira ntchito ku TDEC yemwe adagwira ntchito ku Oak Ridge Conservation Area kwa zaka 24, adati malo atsopanowa sanalandirepo ndondomeko zovomerezeka zonyansa.Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri popanga malo osungiramo nthaka kuti ateteze kulowetsedwa kwa madzi apansi ndi kuyesa kuopsa kwa chilengedwe ndi thanzi la anthu.
"Madzi akalowamo, amayenera kutulukamo," adatero Rector." Apo ayi, zinyalalazo zitha kukhuta ngati kusefa kwa tiyi."
Mphunzitsi wamkuluyo adasaina kale kalata yotseguka ndi ena omwe kale anali ogwira ntchito ku TDEC yofotokoza nkhawa za kusamveka bwino kwa tsatanetsatane wa polojekitiyi. .
“Zolemba zachigamulo kaŵirikaŵiri zimakhala chikalata chachifupi chomwe chimati, ‘Tonse tavomereza zimenezi,’” anatero Rector ponena za mabungwe amene anagwira nawo ntchito yokonza ndi kuyang’anira ntchitoyo.” Palibe amene anavomereza chilichonse ndipo anatilembera chosankhacho. .”
Knox News inafunsa ngati TDEC, EPA ndi DOE adagwirizana.Mneneri wa DOE, Ben Williams, adati bungweli "lidagwirizana ndipo lidagwirizana" pazinthu zomwe zatulutsidwa mu pepala lowona.
Mneneri wa TDEC a Kim Schofinski adalemba kuti: "Ngakhale kuti kumvana kwakukulu kwafikira pazovuta zomwe zafotokozedwa m'chikalatacho, kuwunikiranso kwathunthu kwa zolembazo (zolemba zachiwiri) ziyenera kuwunikiridwa TDEC isanavomerezedwe mwalamulo."
M'mawu pagulu, bungwe la DOE lidaumirira kuti "likwaniritsa zofunikira zonse zokhudzana ndi kutaya kwa mercury" ndikuti njira zovomerezera zinyalala "zichokera ku malamulo omwe alipo kale komanso aboma".
Zonsezi zinali zokhumudwitsa, adatero Virginia Dyer, wokhala ku Oak Ridge, membala wa Oak Ridge Conservation Advocate komanso yemwe kale anali katswiri wa zachilengedwe wa Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Dyer adati adachita izi kuti ana ake ndi adzukulu ake azikhala momasuka ku Oak Ridge. Iye adati akufuna kuti anthu ammudzi azitha kupanga zisankho zoyenera pazankhokwe.
"Sindikuona ngati ndine wolimbikitsa," adatero Dyer. "Ndine gogo. ... Ndikukhulupirira kuti Oak Ridge amatchulidwa kuti ndi dzina lomwe limachita zoyenera. "
Nthawi yotumiza: May-17-2022
