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RE: Shipments to South Carolina
Someone should warn Gov. Hodges what will happen if he blacklists SC
from other states that accept radionuclide waste. I seem to remember
trying to arrange for disposal of some old sealed sources to SC a couple
of years ago. Needless to say, we still have them.
T. Reid
Asheville Imaging Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Kent, Michael D.
Sent: Wed 4/24/2002 8:56 PM
To: radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
Cc:
Subject: Shipments to South Carolina
NEW ELLENTON, S.C. (AP) - State troopers got a taste of what might be
in store next month during a mock exercise in which they practiced
blocking a shipment of plutonium from Colorado.
Gov. Jim Hodges, who is locked in a dispute with the Department of
Energy over the shipments, ordered the practice drill Monday for
about three dozen state troopers and transport police officers.
As part of the drill, patrol cars blocked a four-lane road near the
Savannah River Site, a nuclear facility about 10 miles from the
Georgia state line.
Officers declared the exercise a success after managing to convince
the driver of an 18-wheel tractor-trailer - in reality, a vehicle
borrowed from the state Department of Correction - to turn around.
Officials said they didn't know whether it would be that easy when
trucks carrying plutonium and escorted by armed federal officers make
the same attempted entrance. Energy officials have said shipments
could begin by May 15.
``I think they'll turn around,'' Hodges said. But, he added, ``We'll
take whatever steps are necessary to keep the plutonium out of
here.''
Maybe the Governor could call up the boys at The Citadel. I vaguely
remember that the boys have some experience at this sort of thing,
albeit it was approximately 150 years ago, but it's like riding a
bike.........
Michael D. Kent
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