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. v ' <br /> ever be exposed to the gamma rays of the radioactive source in the <br /> ~'h e. N z ~ S <br /> transportation, storage. use and removal of that source. <br /> <br /> ~~N3 R;SK r~ c/E.c~ Tx< rnos`T Po.~?" i> I~ncw,v <br /> ' ~dd~eee~+illaeae~•~q~irerrrera~Es. l e:.-, ri: « ~ ~ y <br /> the need for the council to focus on this at the proper time. I am <br /> unsure if the recommendations made in the Hawaii Tribune Herald <br /> editorial on May 7 on safe guarding public health with a local <br /> radiation control board to strictly monitor the facility with <br /> enforcement powers is possible. But the merit of the idea is worth <br /> pursuing. I close with part of a statement written to me by a person <br /> I hold in the highest esteem. <br /> " I believe that every effort must be made to ensure that the facility <br /> meets the highest of safety standards. The nuclear materials used <br /> for irradiation pose a significant environmental hazard if they are <br /> not containered, handled and disposed of properly. All parties have <br /> an interest in making certain that a Big Island irradiation facility <br /> needs the highest standards." Senator Dan. K. Akaka, May 14 <br /> On a personal note, I do not understand why there is so much hostility and <br /> polarization and I wish it was not so. <br /> <br />