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Thread #146472   Message #3392439
Posted By: Rapparee
19-Aug-12 - 07:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: NRC Nixs Nukes 8-7-12
Subject: RE: BS: NRC Nixs Nukes 8-7-12
Charley -- I'm afraid not. I've seen these casks come via the UP railroad and by truck, going out to "The Site", the proper transportation labels for radioactives quite prominently displayed on the truck/car.

The clean-up out there is on-going and a horrendous undertaking. MUCH spent nuclear fuel was buried, as were perfectly good rods which were no longer needed for research. These are now being dealt with. However, the problem is complicated by the unexploded WW2 ordnance which is still found on the grounds of the Idaho National Lab -- it was originally a weapons/munitions/bomber-school test site.