[CPEO-MEF] Radioactive sludge to be left in place

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Nuclear sludge will stay in Idaho, S.C.

By H. JOSEF HEBERT
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
October 8, 2004 ·

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers agreed Friday to allow tons of radioactive
sludge from Cold War bomb-making to be left in underground tanks at
federal facilities in South Carolina and Idaho instead of being shipped
to a central repository.

The provision was put into a $447 billion defense bill during closed
negotiations completed Friday. The House immediately took up the measure
and was expected to approve it. The legislation is certain to clear
Congress before it adjourns for the elections.

The measure reclassifies the sludge from high level to incidental, a
category that means it can be left in the tanks and combined with
concrete grout. The sludge accounts for about 1 percent of the tank
waste, and the rest still will have to be removed.

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for the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1153&slug=Nuclear%20Sludge

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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