Re Buttonwillow radwaste

[JErickson@dddc.dbof.dla.mil (John Erickson)]

     The waste is 83 train cars of waste from a uranium processing plant 
     in Tonawanda, NY.  It supposedly contains uranium, thorium, & 
     radium.  It's waste from decomissioning the site and was sent to 
     Buttonwillow by the Army Corps of Engineers.  They claim to have 
     gotten permission from California authorities, but Cal says they 
     did not.  The Corps then said they don't agree that the waste is 
     radioactive since it is not regulated by the NRC.
     
     The Buttonwillow site is a hazmat waste site.
     
     The Sunday article can be found at:
        www.sduniontribune.com/news/uniontrib/sun/index.html
     
     A previous article can be found in the tribs archives from around 
     5/18.  You have to register to enter the archives.  It is free and 
     instantaneous.
     
     John Erickson
     e-mail "jerickson@dddc.dbof.dla.mil 
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