[CPEO-MEF] Sequoyah Fuels (OK) depleted uranium

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Depleted Uranium Removed From Oklahoma Facility

KOTV TV-6 News (Tulsa, Oklahoma)
February 13, 2007

The U.S. Army is beginning the dangerous task of transporting uranium 
here in Oklahoma. They’re removing roughly one million pounds of 
depleted uranium from the Sequoyah Fuels Corporation. The uranium is 
being taken from the company's eastern Oklahoma facility in Gore to 
Nevada, where it will be disposed of. News on Six reporter Chris Wright 
reports on the cleanup.

"It's moving along finally, we can see the end."

John Ellis says the removal of one million pounds of uranium from his 
Sequoyah Fuels Corporation has been a long time coming. The facility 
used to enrich uranium for the nuclear power plants, but it closed in 
1993. The depleted uranium has remained there ever since, sealed in 
55-gallon drums. As the result of an act of Congress earlier this year, 
the Army is now required to remove all the radioactive material. Most of 
the uranium was loaded into trucks, last week. The depleted uranium then 
made the trek from Gore to a Nevada testing site near Las Vegas. There 
are several truckloads worth of uranium that still needs to be 
transported, but Ellis says it is a relief to see most of it gone.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=120313

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Lenny Siegel
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