Uranium waste dump in Iraq?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Envirocare's big plan: Operation Iraqi waste


By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune
April 22, 2004

WASHINGTON -- Envirocare of Utah is exploring the possibility of
building a low-level nuclear waste dump in the Iraqi desert to store
uranium-tipped munitions and tank hulls and rubble contaminated by
radioactive shells used by the United States.

But the plan is on hold for now because of unrest in the war-torn nation.

"Because of events in Iraq, it's obviously not real safe for civilians
to be over there right now," Tim Barney, senior vice president for
Envirocare, said Wednesday. "It's hard to predict when or if the
situation will stabilize to the point where that can become a reality.
It could be years down the road."

The mutilation of American contractors earlier this year by an Iraqi mob
and kidnapping of other civilian workers have heightened concerns about
safety in the region. Halliburton, a major contractor in Iraq, has lost
33 employees since the war started.

Hundreds of tons of weapons equipped with depleted uranium were fired at
Iraqi tanks during the two Gulf Wars. The depleted uranium is a
byproduct of nuclear reactors and weapons refinement and is 40 percent
less radioactive than normal uranium.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04222004/utah/159579.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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