Maine Yankee Decommissioning Begins

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

Maine Yankee Decommissioning Begins - (WISCASSET) -- Parts of the 
closed Maine Yankee nuclear power plant will soon be shipped to 
disposal facilities in Utah and South Carolina as the plant's 
decommissioning begins. A Maine Yankee spokesperson says three 
reactor coolant pump motors will be shipped by rail to a Utah 
disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste. The pumps 
themselves will have to be transported by truck to South Carolina in 
special metal containers because of their higher levels of 
radioactive contamination. The reactor vessel itself will also be 
sent to South Carolina by barge within the next three years. 

Maine Reactor Motors Coming - (WISCASSET, Maine) -- The Maine Yankee 
nuclear power plant will send three reactor coolant pump motors to 
Utah while the plant is being decommissioned. The motors will be 
shipped by rail for processing at the Envirocare facility for low-
level radioactive waste in Tooele. 

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/scperle

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