[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION: Vallecitos Nuclear Center (CA) cleanup completed

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOE Completes Vallecitos Nuclear Center Cleanup

Environmental Protection
June 14, 2010

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Environmental Management program 
recently announced that the final shipment of DOE radioactive waste has 
been removed from the GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Vallecitos Nuclear 
Center, marking the end of cleanup activities at the site.

Accelerated by American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds, the 
two-and-a-half year project removed approximately 2,303 cubic feet of 
radioactive waste from the state of California.

"Thanks to an accelerated shipping campaign, the Recovery Act has helped 
us meet an important milestone in our cleanup efforts - the safe removal 
and permanent disposal out of state of all DOE radioactive waste from 
the Vallecitos site," said Assistant Secretary for Environmental 
Management Dr. Inés Triay. "The project was successful because of 
cooperation from the State of California, the Western Governors' 
Association, and the states along the shipping routes."

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For the entire article, see
http://eponline.com/articles/2010/06/14/doe-completes-vallecitos-nuclear-center-cleanup.aspx

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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