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EnergySolutions and Imported Radioactive Waste from Italy

Posted: October 20, 2009: EnergySolutions requested a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to allow it to import up to 20,000 tons of radioactive contaminated material to process at its Tennessee facility, dispose of 1,600 tons of that material at Clive, and export back to Italy waste that cannot be disposed of at Clive. Read more ...

Environmental Quality Restricted Account

Posted: October 14, 2009: The Environmental Quality Restricted Account (EQRA) is a restricted account put in statute in 1996 provides revenue for regulation of solid, hazardous, and radioactive waste. Read more ...

PM 2.5 Nonattainment Designations

Posted: October 8, 2009: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its final decision "nonattainment" areas for PM2.5 for fine particle standards (PM2.5). Read more ...

Depleted Uranium

Posted: September 24, 2009: The Radiation Control Board voted against pursing rulemaking that may have resulted in a temporary moratorium on depleted uranium (DU) disposal at EnergySolutions. Read more ...

 

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