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High level nuclear waste will not be stored in Utah

Plan to store high-level nuclear waste in UT dead
Seattle Pi December 23, 2012
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Top elected officials in Utah are hailing the
official death of a plan to store the nation’s high-level nuclear
waste in Tooele County.

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, a vocal opponent of the plan, told The Salt
Lake Tribune (http://bit.ly/TcRfSO ) he’s grateful that a consortium
of utility companies has abandoned the effort once and for all.

Private Fuel Storage has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Agency to end
its license for a 100-acre area for radioactive waste containers on
the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation…….
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/science/article/Plan-to-store-high-level-nuclear-waste-in-UT-dead-4142213.php#ixzz2FzvdA2sE
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December 24, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general