Mai ka makahiki 2012, ke kūkākūkā nei ke Keʻena ʻOihana no ke kūkulu ʻana i kahi ʻāina no ka ʻōpala mai ka wāwahi ʻia ʻana o nā hale ma Y-12, kahi kahua i loaʻa i ka radiation haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa mai ka hana Manhattan Project e hana ʻia ana ma laila.
Ua koho nā luna Federal i kahi ulu lāʻau ma ka Oak Ridge Preserve, ʻaʻole mamao loa mai Y-12, ma ke kahawai o Bear Creek, e kahe ana i loko o ka muliwai Clinch. Ua nānā nā mea hoʻoponopono kūlohelohe ma Tennessee i nā hoʻolālā a me ka waiho ʻana i nā manaʻo no nā makahiki he ʻumi.
ʻOiai e ʻae ana nā hui kaiapuni kūloko e hele i nā ʻōpala he ʻumi makahiki, ʻaʻole maopopo i ka manaʻo 100 ʻaoʻao pehea e pale ai ka ʻāina hou i ka poʻe a me ke kaiapuni mai ka lele ʻana o ka radiation.
"Inā ʻoe e hoʻoneʻe wale ana i nā mea haumia mai nā hale i loko o ka muliwai, e lawe paha ʻoe iā ia mai ka waiwai DOE, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e ʻohi maoli," wahi a Amanda Garcia o ka Southern Environmental Law Center. "Ke hāʻawi nui nei ʻoe iā ia i ke kaiāulu."
ʻAʻole kūʻē loa ka poʻe kaiapuni i kamaʻilio me Knox News i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana, akā ʻōlelo lākou he paʻakikī ke loaʻa nā kikoʻī o ka hoʻolālā.
Ke mālama nei ka 'Oihana o Energy's Office of Environmental Management i kahi hālāwai lehulehu ma Oak Ridge e noi ai i nā manaʻo o ka lehulehu e pili ana i kāna mau hoʻolālā e kūkulu i kahi ʻāina ʻōpala radioactive 92-acre ma Bear Creek Valley. E mālama ʻia ka ʻaha kūkā ma ka Pollard Technology Conference Center ma 210 Badger Ave, Oak Ridge, mai ka hola 6-8 pm.
"Ke wehe nei ka 'Oihana o Energy i kahi manawa manaʻo lehulehu he 30 mau lā a mālama i kahi hālāwai lehulehu e hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī a me ka pane," i kākau ai ka ʻōlelo a DOE Ben Williams ma ka leka uila iā Knox News. Nā pilikia kaiaulu e pili ana i nā kumuhana i uhi ʻia ma ka pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo.q
Ua ʻōlelo nā mea hoʻoponopono kaiapuni, nā limahana ʻo Tennessee Department of Environmental Conservation limahana a me nā kamaʻāina ʻo Oak Ridge, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono ka pepa ʻāina ʻāina i nā pilikia i hoʻomau ʻia mai ka wā i hāpai mua ʻia ai ka papahana ma kahi o 2011.
Ka hoʻolilo ʻana i ka ʻōpala i kāmaʻa a me nā lole: ʻO Oak Ridge National Laboratory e hoʻohuli i ka haumia i wahie, ilika a… nā lole kiʻekiʻe?
Ke hopohopo nei lakou o wai ka wai i kekahi la, a hiki ke kahe aku a lawe i na mea haumia i lalo o ke kahawai. Ua ua o Tenesi Hikina j a oi aku ka nui o ka aina i loko o ke awawa kualapa pali ma ke poo o kekahi kahawai.
"Ke kāohi nei lākou iā mākou," wahi a Axel Ringer, ka pelekikena mālama mālama o ka mokuna Tennessee o ka Sierra Club.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Ringer, ʻaʻole i hāʻawi ʻia e ka 'Oihana o ka Energy ka ʻikepili e pili ana i ka hele ʻana o ka wai i loko o ka ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia, ke ʻano a me ka nui o nā ʻōpala e hoʻolei ʻia, a inā paha e pōʻino ka ʻāina ʻo Bear Creek, kahi maʻalahi e wehe ʻia mai kahi kahua kaulana. . ala hele wāwae.
ʻAʻole i pane ka DOE i nā nīnau a Knox News e pili ana i nā pilikia o ke kaiāulu. Ma nā ʻōlelo lehulehu, akā naʻe, ua ʻōlelo ka US Department of Energy, ʻaʻole ia i ʻae loa i ka hoʻohewa ʻana no ka mālama maikaʻi ʻole ʻia ʻana o nā pae ʻāina. ua aʻo pono ʻia.
"He mau haneli pūnāwai ma ke awāwa ʻo Bear Creek me nā ʻikepili he mau makahiki," i kākau ai ka DOE. "I ka holomua o ka hoʻolālā, e hoʻololi ʻia ka hoʻolālā e like me ka mea e pono ai e noʻonoʻo i ka ʻikepili hou."
Hoʻolālā ʻia ka ʻāina hou e hoʻonui i ka hiki ke hana no nā ʻōpala radioactive haʻahaʻa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā hale nuklea i waiho ʻia mai ka Manhattan Project a me ke Kaua Cold. ʻO ka ʻōpala hoʻokele waiwai, e hoʻolei i nā ʻōpala radioactive haʻahaʻa. He 80% piha ka pūnaewele a aia ma ke komohana o Y-12.
"Ke kamaʻilio nei lākou e pili ana i ka holo ʻana me ka pilikia ʻole no 20 mau makahiki," wahi a Ringer. "ʻAʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo kēlā. Loaʻa i [ka ʻāina hoʻopaʻa ʻāina] he mau hanana kahe nui e hoʻolei ana i ka ʻōpala maka i loko o Bear Creek.
Ua ʻike kekahi hui o nā ʻenekinia kīwila ma ke Kulanui o Virginia ua ʻoi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka wai liʻiliʻi i ka wai e hele ana ma nā ʻāina hoʻopaʻa ʻāina i kēia manawa ma mua o ka pālua o ka awelika o ka uranium i ʻae ʻia i loko o ka wai inu.
Mai ka makahiki 2011, ke kūkākūkā nei ke Keʻena o Energy, Environmental Protection Agency a me Tennessee Department of Environment and Protection i kahi ʻāina hou. pili pinepine nā paio i nā luna ma Wakinekona, DC
"Pono mākou e hoʻomanaʻo ʻo nā pahuhopu a me nā pae hoʻohālikelike a ka EPA a me TDEC e hoʻoholo ai inā paha (nā ʻāina ʻāina) e pale i ke olakino kanaka a me ke kaiapuni," wahi a Garcia. e waiho wale i ka lehulehu.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻolālā hou loa o ka hoʻolālā ʻāina i manaʻo ʻia e hoʻopilikia i ka EPA a me TDEC ma luna o ka maopopo a me nā pilikia hoʻoponopono.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Garcia, ʻaʻole i hoʻoponopono nā pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo hou i ka lehulehu i kēia mau hopohopo mau. .
"ʻO ka hoʻopaneʻe ʻana i kahi loiloi koʻikoʻi no ka pale ʻana o ka liner a pale i ka haumia mai ke komo ʻana i ka wai lepo he mea nui ia," wahi a Garcia.
ʻO kēia ka pilikia me ka ʻōpala mua. ʻaʻole ʻike i nā kauoha a ka mokuʻāina e kaupalena i ka ʻōpala mercury, a ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka ʻōpala i hoʻolei ʻia i ka wā o ka loiloi.
Ua kākau ʻo Oak Ridge City Councilman Alan Smith i nā manaʻo lehulehu i ka US Department of Energy ma 2018: pInā hoʻohana pono ʻia ka hakahaka o nā ʻāina e noho nei, ʻaʻole wikiwiki paha ka ʻOihana ʻOihana e ʻimi i nā ʻāina hou. Hoʻopaʻa ʻāina. 'O ka 'oia'i'o o ka lanakila 'ole 'ana o ka DOE, 'a'ole ia e ha'i mai i ke 'ano o ka 'ae 'ana i ka 'ōpala no kēia pae 'āina, a he 'ano no'ono'o ia e kaupalena 'ia ai ka hilina'i o ka lehulehu i ka mana'o o ka DOE.
ʻO Dale Rector, he limahana TDEC ma mua i hana ma ka Oak Ridge Conservation Area no 24 mau makahiki, ʻaʻole i loaʻa i ka pūnaewele hou nā pae hoʻohālikelike kikoʻī no ka ʻae ʻana i nā ʻōpala.
"Inā komo ka wai i loko, pono e puka mai i waho," wahi a Rector.
Ua kākau mua ke poʻo kumu i kahi leka wehe me nā limahana TDEC mua e hōʻike ana i nā hopohopo e pili ana i ka maopopo ʻole o nā kikoʻī o ka papahana ʻāina. .
"ʻO ka moʻolelo hoʻoholo maʻamau he palapala pōkole e ʻōlelo ana, 'Ua ʻae mākou a pau i kēia," wahi a Rector e pili ana i nā keʻena e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā ʻana a me ka nānā ʻana i ka papahana. .”
Nīnau ʻo Knox News inā ua ʻae ʻo TDEC, EPA a me DOE.
Ua kākau ʻo Kim Schofinski, ka ʻōlelo a TDEC: "ʻOiai ua loaʻa ka manaʻo kiʻekiʻe e pili ana i nā pilikia i kamaʻilio ʻia ma ka pepa ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono e nānā ʻia kahi loiloi piha o ka moʻolelo hoʻoholo (hoʻolālā lua) ma mua o ka ʻae ʻia ʻana o TDEC.
Ma nā ʻōlelo a ka lehulehu, ua koi ʻo DOE e "hoʻokō i nā koi hoʻoponopono āpau e pili ana i ka hoʻolei ʻana i ka mercury" a ʻo ka ʻae ʻana i ka ʻōpala e "loaʻa ʻia mai nā lula kaiapuni o ka mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala."
ʻO ke kaʻina hana holoʻokoʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Virginia Dyer, he kamaʻāina ʻo Oak Ridge, lālā ʻo Oak Ridge Conservation Advocate a me Oak Ridge National Laboratory ecologist.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dyer ua hana ʻo ia i kēia i hiki i kāna mau keiki a me kāna moʻopuna ke noho ʻoluʻolu ma Oak Ridge. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ua makemake ʻo ia i ka ʻike maopopo i hiki ai i ke kaiāulu ke hoʻoholo i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā ʻāina.
"ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo he kanaka hoʻoikaika au," wahi a Dyer. "He kupuna wahine wau. … Manaʻo wau ua kapa ʻia ʻo Oak Ridge ʻo ia ka inoa e hana i ka mea kūpono.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Mei-17-2022
