[CPEO-MEF] Oklahoma uranium

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sequoyah Fuels President Asks Boren For Help

By Sally Maxwell
Sequoyah County Times (OK)
May 26, 2006

Sequoyah Fuels officials have asked U.S. legislators to assist in 
removing over 1,000 drums of depleted uranium from the closed uranium 
processing plant near Gore.

John Ellis, Sequoyah Fuels president, said Thursday he has asked U.S. 
Rep. Dan Boren (D-Oklahoma), U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) and U.S. 
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) to help remove the depleted uranium from 
the Sequoyah Fuels site.

Ellis said the depleted uranium is not a danger to residents, and is 
well secured. He said about one million pounds of the depleted uranium 
is stored in sealed drums in a concrete block building, which has steel 
doors, a security system, and a fence.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sequoyahcountytimes.com/articles/2006/05/26/news/front4.txt
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Lenny Siegel
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