Taiwan To Send Nuclear Waste Back To United States - Paper

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

Sunday February 14 2:24 AM ET 

Taiwan To Send Nuclear Waste Back To United States - Paper

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan will send highly radioactive 
nuclear waste back to the United States in June for disposal, a 
mass-circulation newspaper reported Sunday.  

The waste, formerly nuclear fuel used for research purposes, has 
been kept at Taiwan's National Tsinghua University and the Nuclear 
Research Institute for three years, the Taipei-based China Times 
reported.  

The United States recently notified Taiwan's Atomic Energy 
Council it would accept the highly radioactive waste for disposal by 
a U.S. handling company, the paper quoted council spokesman Su 
Ching-sen as saying.  

The paper quoted Su as saying that shipment was scheduled for 
late June.

The paper said the United States had supplied close to 100 nuclear 
fuel rods to Taiwan for nuclear reactors used in research projects.  

Su was not available for comment Sunday.

The U.S. Energy Department began accepting nuclear waste again 
in 1997 after winning a legal battle with anti-nuclear activists. 
Washington is concerned such waste could be used to develop 
nuclear bombs.  

It had suspended nuclear waste reclamation while the case was  
being tried.

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