"Depleted uranium is different from other low-level radioactive waste because it becomes hotter over time.... so hot that it shouldn’t be considered Class A waste, the lowest classification for radioactive waste"
Not the kind of heat you want during this cold winter, is it, Mormon?!!!
And to think we have LITTERED Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Balkans with the stuff, 'murkn!!!!
"Utah will consider second radioactive waste disposal facility; Space running out at first dump" by Brock Vergakis, Associated Press | February 10, 2010
SALT LAKE CITY - The former president of the only facility that can dispose of low-level radioactive waste for 36 states said yesterday that he wants to open a new disposal facility in Utah.
Charles Judd said EnergySolutions Inc.’s facility in Utah’s west desert is running out of space and can’t handle future waste from the decommissioning of nuclear power plants. He wants to build a site on state land about 3 miles from Interstate 80 in Tooele County.
By building on state trust land, Judd said, the state’s schools could reap a financial windfall.
“We think the state ought to get a significant amount more than they are getting right now. If we were to use state lands, [schools] would benefit from tens of millions of dollars,’’ Judd said in an interview before presenting the proposal to the state’s radiation control board.
By having a nuclear waste dump next door?
Judd is making his initial pitch for a new facility at a time when the state is facing a $700 million budget shortfall, although he said it would be years before he could get his operation up and running.
Judd was the president of EnergySolutions’ predecessor, Envirocare.
He contends that EnergySolutions has thumbed its nose at Utah too often, citing its plans to dispose of waste from Italy’s shuttered nuclear power program over objections from two Utah governors and the public....
Why are we TAKING OTHERS' NUCLEAR WASTE, America?
We SOME SORT of GARBAGE DUMP for the WORLD now?
It's JOBS, right?!
Who cares how SICK it makes you and your kids, right?
I mean, you SEE HOW MUCH YOU MATTER!
Judd said his company, Cedar Mountain Environmental, would not import foreign low-level radioactive waste or depleted uranium.
That's when MY EYES OPENED WIDE!
Depleted uranium is different from other low-level radioactive waste because it becomes hotter over time. EnergySolutions has been disposing of the material for years.
Environmental groups and some in Congress have raised concerns that depleted uranium becomes so hot that it shouldn’t be considered Class A waste, the lowest classification for radioactive waste and the only type EnergySolutions is licensed to handle.Do YOU want DU in YOUR BACKYARD, American?
Maybe we should STOP the WARS and STOP USING the stuff lest YOUR WOMBS be affected!!!
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