Lawmakers Concerned About Application to Import Radioactive Waste

Date: November 19, 2007

Source: News Room

Two lawmakers on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are concerned by an application to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from a Utah company that seeks to import radioactive waste from Italy. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, and Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Ky., have asked for details about the application from EnergySolutions Inc. (ES) which already processes and disposes waste from US nuclear reactors. EnergySolutions Inc. became a public company on November 16.

For more information, visit:
Rep. Ed Whitfield: whitfield.house.gov.
Rep. Joe Barton: joebarton.house.gov.
EnergySolutions: www.energysolutions.com.

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