Swift passage of the bill to monitor the disposal of spent nuclear fuel—S.1507/H.2254 An Act Relative to Monitoring Dry Casks of Spent Nuclear Fuel—is critical to keeping everyone in the Commonwealth safe from spent nuclear fuel (SNF) at the decommissioned Pilgrim Nuclear power station. The dangers were outlined in a webinar Sept. 14. (Watch the recording of the event here. Link to our toolkit here.)

A Joint Committee on Public Health hearing on the bill was held on June 22, 2021. You can read the League testimony on this bill here. To quote that testimony, “when dealing with high-level nuclear waste, we need comprehensive measures to provide protection of human health and the environment from any adverse effects of the storage of radioactive materials produced by nuclear energy. The current plan...fails to maximize protection of the public and the environment.”

Please send an email now to the joint committee members, email addresses listed below, using the template below or drafting your own.

Here is an email template you can personalize:

To: Jo.Comerford@masenate.gov, Marjorie.Decker@mahouse.gov, Becca.Rausch@masenate.gov, Julian.Cyr@masenate.gov, Patrick.OConnor@masenate.gov, Susan.Moran@masenate.gov, Harriette.Chandler@masenate.gov, Brian.Murray@mahouse.gov, Brian.Ashe@mahouse.gov, Paul.Schmid@mahouse.gov, Kay.Khan@mahouse.gov, Jack.Lewis@mahouse.gov, Andy.Vargas@mahouse.gov, Vanna.Howard@mahouse.gov, Hannah.Kane@mahouse.gov, Shawn.Dooley@mahouse.gov, Jon.Santiago@mahouse.gov 

Subject line: Support for S.1507/H.2254 An Act Relative to Monitoring Dry Casks of Spent Nuclear Fuel

Dear Chair Comerford, Chair Decker, and Members of the Joint Committee on Public Health: 

 

As a League of Women Voters member, I strongly support S.1507/H.2254, An Act Relative to Monitoring Dry Casks of Spent Nuclear Fuel.To quote League testimony, “We need comprehensive measures to provide protection of human health and the environment from any adverse effects of the storage of radioactive materials produced by nuclear energy. Our health and welfare depend on storing spent nuclear fuel (SNF) correctly .... The SNF storage systems at the Pilgrim plant must include a monitoring plan that detects and reports leaks immediately.”  

(Add personalized information as to why this matters to you.)

Please help keep all residents of the Commonwealth safe from nuclear waste. Take action to report S.1507/H.2254 quickly and favorably out of committee.  

 

Thank you.

 

Sincerely, 

[your full name] 

[your phone number (optional)] 

[complete address – street, city, state, zip] 

Be sure to copy your own state rep and senator and include your complete mailing address. Not sure of who your legislators are? Find them at: https://malegislature.gov/Search/FindMyLegislator.

Thank you to the Plymouth and Cape Cod Area local leagues for their work on this important issue. Questions? Contact Henrietta Cosentino of the Plymouth Area League at henrietta.cosentino@gmail.com and Rosemary Shields of the Cape Cod Area League at shields_rosemary@yahoo.com.