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Bury depleted uranium first, check safety later?

Utah Burying Depleted Uranium Before Safety Review « Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog  SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 3 (UPI) — Three trainloads of depleted uranium will be buried at a storage site in Utah before experts complete a safety review concerning the issue, experts say.

The depleted uranium coming from a government nuclear weapons cleanup site inSouth Carolina could arrive at the EnergySolutions Inc. disposal site in Tooele County in six weeks. The state Radiation Control Board expects to take another year in their review of engineering standards needed to contain any radiation hazards posed by storing the atomic waste, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Saturday.

Utah Burying Depleted Uranium Before Safety Review « Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog

January 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | secrets,lies and civil liberties, USA | antinuclear, depleted, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear weapons, uranium