DOE faces waste problem of nuclear proportions. (cancellation of US. Dept. of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: November 5, 1993| Author: Jones, Arthur | Copyright information

WASHINGTON - "Here we have an example of independent regulation (of radioactive nuclear weapons waste disposal programs) working," said Don Hancock of the New Mexico-based Southwest Research Information Center.

He was referring to the recent government cancellation of a $1.2 billion nuclear waste storage safety test on materials to be stashed 2,000 feet down a still-empty Carlsbad, N.M., salt mine.

The Clinton Department of Energy recently reversed a Bush adm...

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