Radioactive Waste Could Stack Up in Utah

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Utah's radioactive waste storage site wants to stack that waste higher. Energy Solutions is asking the state for a change in regulations that would allow radioactive waste to be piled up to 83 feet high at the storage site west of Salt Lake City. The state's Division of Radiation Control has given its preliminary approval, but now the D-R-C is taking public comment on the proposal.

Public hearings are scheduled Wednesday (October 11) from 2 to 4 at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality (168 North 1950 West, Room 201) and from 7 to 9 at the Tooele County Health Department (151 North Main Street, Room 162).

Written comments can be submitted to Dane Finerfrock, Executive Secretary, Utah Division of Radiation Control, P.O. 144850, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4850.

The public comment period ends November 10.

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