The Salt Lake Tribune
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
EnergySolutions' shopping spree
EnergySolutions, the dump operator that wants to bring foreign nuke waste to Utah, is donating hundreds of thousands of dollars to politicians campaigns, reports the Associated Press.

The company, which already pretty much owns Utah's Congressman Rob Bishop, needs to buy more friends in Washington to kill a bill that would ban the importation foreign radioactive waste — hot waste that would end up in EnergySolution's Utah dump. (Fun quiz: Which photo at right is the waste dump?)

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a champion of nuclear energy, has been the biggest recipient of EnergySolution's largess.

EnergySolutions manages a South Carolina site through which Italian waste could be imported. After processing, 1,600 tons of the nastiest N-garbage would be shipped to EnergySolutions' Utah dump west of Salt Lake City.

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