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To: "Hanford Watch
mailing list" Dear Collette, I can't begin to express how frustrated and close to outrage I am at the DOE's separation of the of the cost and nonproliferation studies on the FFTF (Fast Flux Test Facility) at Hanford. Apparently, the US DOE, in it's continuing disfunction, insists on the fragmentation or piece-mealing of nuclear weapons/cleanup issues. It also appears that the Department has retrenched more than ever into its "DECIDE, Announce, DEFEND" posture. You have heard the concerns of the public out West who have the most to loose if the FFTF is restarted. So, isn't it great that we get a 3rd chance to say NO yet another time, but will not able to address the issues of cost and weapons proliferation because they are not "on the table" yet. I request on behalf of numbers of us in the Hanford region that the hearings on the FFTF be delayed until the other studies come out. We have experienced receiving pertinent documents the day of or hour after a public hearing is held. It doesn't fly. You have little choice but to get us the pertinent documents or delay the hearings until we receive them with time to digest them, unless you want to be blatantly undemocratic (as in democracy) in your handling of these issues. I urge you to do the right thing. Sincerely,
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