Nuclear Waste Disposal Issues

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Nuclear Dump Given Federal Green Light - (SIERRA BLANCA) -- It 
will now be up to lawmakers in the Texas legislature to decide 
whether a low-level nuclear waste dump will be built near Sierra 
Blanca. President Clinton has signed a law approving the project. 
The site, 90 miles southwest of El Paso, would be used for burial of 
radioactive material from Maine and Vermont. The two states would 
pay Texas 55-Million dollars for the long-term storage. Opponents 
are vowing to take their case before the legislature when it meets in 
January. 
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Old Nuclear Reactor Disposal Debated - (RAINIER) -- Oregon 
energy officials hope neighboring Washington state will
approve a plan for getting rid of the old Trojan Nuclear Reactor. 
Trojan's parent company closed the reactor in the town of
Rainier (ray-NEER)... north of Portland... several years ago. Oregon 
hopes to bury it at Washington's Hanford Nuclear Reservation. 
David Stewart- Smith of Oregon's Energy Facility Siting Council 
says the panel hopes to take the reactor to Hanford by truck or 
barge next year. Stewart-Smith says the council is expected to 
approve the plan next month. This month, Washington health 
officials also are scheduled to meet to discuss their findings. 


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Sandy Perle
Technical Director
ICN Dosimetry Division
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