[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, DISPOSAL: Depleted Uranium to Utah

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

US, Utah gov reach deal on depleted uranium

By BROCK VERGAKIS
Associated Press
Decembert 17, 2009

SALT LAKE CITY - The Department of Energy said Thursday that it has 
struck a deal with Utah Gov. Gary Herbert that would prohibit 
radioactive waste from South Carolina from being permanently buried in 
Utah until stricter state guidelines are put in place.

DOE spokeswoman Jen Stutsman said the agreement was reached Thursday, 
two days after Herbert called on the department to stop a train loaded 
with depleted uranium from leaving the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C.

The material is waste from the development of nuclear weapons in the 
Cold War era.

State regulators say they need more time to determine whether depleted 
uranium can safely be disposed of at EnergySolutions Inc.'s site about 
70 miles west of Salt Lake City. Depleted uranium is different from 
other waste disposed there because it becomes more radioactive over 
time, for up to 1 million years.

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Lenny Siegel
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