Ukufuna ukucocwa kwenkunkuma yomsakazo ukusuka kuManhattan Project
Ngu: Casey Stinemetz, Amanqwanqwa Oxolo.
ST. ULOUIS, MO-Ngentsasa yangoLwesihlanu, amatshantliziyo alithoba atshixiwe phambi kweWestlake / iBridgeton Landfill ngaphandle kweSt. Louis, MO. Sebenzisa i-trashcans ezaliswe ngekhonkrithi, nganye inobunzima obungama-lbs angama-500., Bavale iminyango emibini yokungena komhlaba eWestlake ngaphezulu kweeyure ezisibhozo. Inyathelo elingelilo lobundlobongela liyinxalenye yephulo eliqhubekayo, elifuna ukucocwa kwenkunkuma ye-radioactive elahliweyo ngokungekho mthethweni. IiNkonzo zeRiphabliki, umqhubi wenkunkuma, uyala ukuvumela ukucocwa kwesiza ngokufanelekileyo.
I-Westlake Landfill ikhaya leetoni zokuchitha inkunkuma evela kwi Manhattan Project, inkqubo yezomkhosi yase-US eyathi yenziwa ngo-1942 ukuze iphuhlise iibhombu zeatom. Ezimbini kwezi bhombu, zaphoswa eHiroshima naseNagasaki, zabulala kabuhlungu ubuncinci ama-250,000 amaJapan kwi-WWII, uninzi lwayo ibingabantu nje. Ngomnyaka we-1973, iitoni ezingama-8,700 zeentsalela ze-barium sulfate ezidityanisiweyo zadityaniswa nomhlaba ongaphezulu kunye ngokungekho mthethweni kwisiza seWest Lake. Kwizizukulwana, inkunkuma iyimetyholongwane yaseSt. Louis. Kwi-1990, i-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kweNdalo yase-US ibonise isayithi kwiluhlu lwezinto eziphambili kwiSizwe njengeziko le-superfund; kodwa uhlambulukile lwesayithi uhlala umgomo ode ngaphandle kwesicwangciso senkqubo.
Ukongezelela, umlilo ongaphantsi komhlaba, oye wavutha iminyaka kwi-landfill, uyasondela kufuphi nenkunkuma. Xa umlilo ufinyelela kwinkunkuma, ezinye iingcali zikholelwa ukuba ziya kudala ukuqhuma kwe-radioactive. Ekulungiseleleni, iSt. Louis County uye wakhupha isithili isicwangciso sokukhutshwa "kwimeko yesiganeko esiyingozi kwiWest Lake Landfill."
Amalungu asekuhlaleni kunye nabasebenzi be-activists baye bahlela ukuzama ukuhlambulula isayithi, befuna ukuba i-Army Corps ye-US Army yeNkqubo yeNkqubo yokuLungiswa kweeNjini (FUSRAP) isetyenziswe kwisayithi kunye nokucocwa. Kukho iindleko ezimbini eziye zaziswa, S2306 kwaye HR4100, okuya kufuna uNobhala wezeMpi ukuba enze ulungiso lokulungiswa kwesohlwayo.
Elinye iqela lendawo, Nje amaMM STL uthi kwiwebhusayithi yabo ukuba "endaweni yokuhlawula i-lobbyists ukuba sigcine sisongele, sicele ukuba iiNkonzo zeRiphablikhi zibe yinxalenye yesisombululo. Siyafuna ukuba urhulumente wethu abeke ubunzima bawo obugcweleyo kuluntu-abahlali balo-kwaye bacele ukuba iZizwe eziManyeneyo zihlole isisombululo esiyimpumelelo kule ngxaki yendalo nendalo. "
NjengoTonga kunye nolawulo lwakhe libiza uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwezempi, abaninzi abantu basekuhlaleni baqhubeka behlulwa yimiphumo yokulwa nemfazwe eyadlulayo. Inyaniso, phantse i900 Kwiziza ezimalunga ne-1,300 ze-Superfund ezishiyiweyo iziseko zomkhosi, izibonelelo okanye indawo yokuvelisa imveliso kunye nokuvavanywa. Kufuneka sifune ukuphendula kwaye siqaphele iimpazamo zexesha elidlulileyo. Kuya kufuneka sivume unxibelelwano phakathi kokutshatyalaliswa kwendalo esingqongileyo, impilo yoluntu, kunye nokulwa. Inkcitho engakumbi emkhosini ayisiyo mpendulo.
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