Alliance for Nuclear Acountability (ANA) was founded in 1987 under the name of the Military Production Network. ANA is a network of 35 local, regional and national organizations representing the concerns of communities in the shadows of the U.S. nuclear weapons sites and radioactive waste dumps.
HANFORD: Alliance criticizes DOE nuclear cleanup budget
HANFORD: Alliance criticizes DOE nuclear cleanup budget
Published Monday, April 14, 2008
By Annette Cary, Herald staff writer
The Alliance for Nuclear Accountability gave the Department of Energy a failing grade Monday for its budget proposals for environmental cleanup at Hanford and other nuclear sites. The alliance, which includes Heart of America Northwest, held a news conference in Washington, D.C.
“DOE is simply not up to the task of running the nation’s largest cleanup program,” Gerald Pollet, executive director of Heart of America, said in a statement.
DOE’s budget request for cleanup at Hanford and other sites is $1.5 billion short of meeting environmental obligations and will result in greater risk to water, worker safety and public health, he said.
DOE sets a budget amount and then gives its request to Congress, which sets the annual budget.