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Post by CoffeeShooter on Mar 18, 2011 7:30:52 GMT -5
Radioactive waste may be bound for state An East Tennessee plant recently applied to import and treat 1,000 tons of German radioactive waste, a move some say makes good business sense but has environmental activists concerned for the state's health.
EnergySolutions, a Utah-based multinational company, operates radioactive waste disposal facilities in Oak Ridge, Tenn., including an incineration facility at Bear Creek. The commercial plant has treated low-level radioactive waste — such as x-ray equipment and medical waste — for American businesses and the government since it opened more than 20 years ago.www.timesfreepress.com/news/2011/mar/18/radioactive-waste-may-be-bound-state/
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Post by raphael on Mar 18, 2011 9:38:05 GMT -5
Why can't this company do it in their own state of Utah?
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Post by CoffeeShooter on Mar 18, 2011 9:46:31 GMT -5
I know. They've been doing this in Oak Ridge for quite some time. Even more disturbing to me is that we are taking in nuclear waste from other countries. I have a friend who is from Oak Ridge and both of his parents work in the industry. They swear it to be fail safe. I hate that it is transported through our state, much less destined to our state. The article said it will arrive at an undisclosed Atlantic port. Maybe they'll use the river systems to get it there but I imagine by road or rail makes more sense. Who really knows whether it will pass through here?
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Post by Fredo on Mar 18, 2011 9:55:11 GMT -5
Let's not get hysterical here. We're talking about medical supplies that happened to be used around x ray machines, those little bottles that contain the boron liquid that you have to drink before some kinds of tests can be performed. It's not like they're sending open vats of plutonium.
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Post by raphael on Mar 18, 2011 10:16:43 GMT -5
Is this Fredo Coulter I hear speaking! Just listen to the first 40 seconds........
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Post by chatornookie on Mar 18, 2011 13:48:04 GMT -5
I just love watching her little Adam's apple bob when she pontificates.
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Post by CoffeeShooter on Mar 18, 2011 16:19:38 GMT -5
Let's not get hysterical here. We're talking about medical supplies that happened to be used around x ray machines, those little bottles that contain the boron liquid that you have to drink before some kinds of tests can be performed. It's not like they're sending open vats of plutonium. Questioning why toxic waste is shipped across the oceans and into our state is not hysterics.
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Post by Fredo on Mar 18, 2011 17:23:12 GMT -5
Let's not get hysterical here. We're talking about medical supplies that happened to be used around x ray machines, those little bottles that contain the boron liquid that you have to drink before some kinds of tests can be performed. It's not like they're sending open vats of plutonium. Questioning why toxic waste is shipped across the oceans and into our state is not hysterics. There's a big difference between questioning the import/export of medical waste for incineration and wailing and renting one's clothes over . They're very different things... especially in the current climate of nuclear fearmongering.
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Post by CoffeeShooter on Mar 18, 2011 21:18:38 GMT -5
It isn't the science that I question. Human error and human corruption is the risk.
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Post by Southern Belle on Mar 19, 2011 10:08:21 GMT -5
It isn't the science that I question. Human error and human corruption is the risk. I think you're exactly right on that, Coffee. Not to mention that we DO live near a fault-line, too....one that some say is long overdue for "the big one". After all, shouldn't we consider ALL POSSIBILITIES?? I bet right about now Japan is wishing they had!
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