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In a message dated 98-06-12 15:01:03 EDT, AOL News writes:

<< Opening of Nuke Waste Dump Delayed
 
 .c The Associated Press
 
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A $1.8 billion nuclear waste repository that has
been waiting a decade for its first shipment will have to wait some more.
 
 The reason: The contaminated waste may be contaminated with other waste.
 
 The federal government's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, carved out of the salt
beds deep beneath the New Mexico desert, had been preparing to receive its
first shipment of radioactive material from Los Alamos National Laboratory on
June 19.
 
 But the state Environment Department said Thursday that the waste cannot move
because the operators of the respository failed to prove the material is free
of other contaminants such as solvents and lead.
 
 Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency licensed the repository to
bury plutonium-contaminated clothing, tools, equipment and sludge generated as
byproducts of decades of nuclear weapons work.
 
 But a state permit is required for ``mixed'' waste. And the permit cannot be
issued until a public comment period expires in August.
 
 AP-NY-06-12-98 1453EDT >>



Opening of Nuke Waste Dump Delayed

.c The Associated Press

 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A $1.8 billion nuclear waste repository that has
been waiting a decade for its first shipment will have to wait some more.

The reason: The contaminated waste may be contaminated with other waste.

The federal government's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, carved out of the salt
beds deep beneath the New Mexico desert, had been preparing to receive its
first shipment of radioactive material from Los Alamos National Laboratory on
June 19.

But the state Environment Department said Thursday that the waste cannot move
because the operators of the respository failed to prove the material is free
of other contaminants such as solvents and lead.

Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency licensed the repository to
bury plutonium-contaminated clothing, tools, equipment and sludge generated as
byproducts of decades of nuclear weapons work.

But a state permit is required for ``mixed'' waste. And the permit cannot be
issued until a public comment period expires in August.

AP-NY-06-12-98 1453EDT

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