Re: Fwd: Opening of Nuke Waste Dump Delayed

[Ruth Weiner <rfweine@sandia.gov>]

     Here is some clarification that may be helpful.  The N. M. Environment 
     Department has not yet issued a RCRA PArt B permit (this is for 
     handling RCRA-controlled materials during operation, not for disposal; 
     WIPP is exempt from the latter by the 1997 Land Withdrawal Act 
     Amendments).  LANL supplied a lot of documentation that there were no 
     RCRA-controlled materials in the waste they intended to ship, but NMED 
     says it is insufficient.  
     
     Ruth Weiner
     rfweine@sandia.gov


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Subject: Fwd: Opening of Nuke Waste Dump Delayed
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Date:    6/12/98 7:30 PM


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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 >>
     
     
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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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