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Matheson poised to reintroduce foreign waste ban

Matheson poised to reintroduce foreign waste ban

EnergySolutions » Company ‘fully expected’ return of bill.Judy FahysThe Salt Lake Tribune 01/10/2009  MSTU.S. Rep. Jim Matheson and a bipartisan group of members of Congress are reviving their bill to stop imports of foreign nuclear waste to the United States.Reps. Bart Gordon, D-Tenn., and Lee Terry, R-Neb., have called a news conference for next week with the Utah Democrat to reintroduce the measure, now dubbed the Radioactive Import Deterrence Act of 2009, or the “RID Act.”

The bill would slam the door shut on most foreign-generated radioactive waste seeking disposal in U.S. landfills, including the low-level radioactive waste site owned and operated by Salt Lake City-based EnergySolutions Inc. in Tooele County.

“Utah is not the place for the world’s radioactive junk,” said Matheson……………………………… Several thousand people objected to the EnergySolutions Italian waste import request during a public comment period.

Matheson poised to reintroduce foreign waste ban – Salt Lake Tribune

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January 12, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | wastes