Perhaps they will wash their hands of us and tell us to deal with it on our own. Lofty ideals are wonderful, but we also have to deal with the priorities of the nation as a whole. Right now we're in the spotlight. DOE wants to get going on this, and if we stand around and quibble about something they've already made their minds up about, there's a good chance they will walk away from us. The Board first received a presentation on building rubble disposition options at its February 4 meeting.
Clean rubble is defined as meeting sanitary landfill criteria and free release criteria.
Based on that initial presentation, the Board formulated many questions, comments and concerns and asked the site to address each of those issues. At its February 16 meeting, John Rampe with DOE returned to address those questions and comments. Also at that meeting, CAB began an in-depth discussion of viewpoints and issues each member had about the proposed alternatives for building rubble disposition. The Board agreed on a few key points, and developed some new remaining issues to see addressed before it felt comfortable approving the site's plans. With that information, CAB staff was asked to prepare a draft recommendation, or decision statement, by the Board on building rubble issues.