A growth business for rural Utah
Efforts to make Utah the World's Nuclear Ash Can moved forward as the Nuclear Regulatory Agency resisted demands to upgrade the hazardous rating on depleted uranium. In a double whammy for N-waste opposition, the NRC also refused to prohibit the importation of nuclear waste from foreign nations. EnergySolutions wants to import tons of low-level radioactive waste from Italy and dispose it at a landfill near Tooele. The NRC says that as long as the material can be imported safely, it can't block it.
EnergySolutions' Jill Sigal says the company has been safely handling depleted uranium for more than a decade.We safely dispose of Class A material. Class A material includes depleted uranium.
The struggle to block importation of foreign nuclear waste into Utah, led by U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson and Gov. Jon Huntsman is far from over.
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