Depleted uranium

Salt Lake Tribune | Mar. 20, 2009 (Editorial)
Utah needs it, like a hole in the head

Trouble is, Class A waste is supposed to be safe after 100 years. But, while relatively harmless at first, depleted uranium just keeps getting more and more radioactive as U-238 decays into thorium-230 and radium-226, and remains dangerous for thousands of years. Simply put, it doesn't belong in a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Energy, Nuclear Power
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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Mar 22, 2009 - 8:40 PM PDT
Reviewed by: Mike LaBonte (review), Jim Lang (review)
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Edited by: Mike LaBonte - Mar 23, 2009 - 12:12 PM PDT

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Mike LaBonte
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 by Mike LaBonte - Mar. 22, 2009

This makes it's case fairly well in a small space, but could use more supporting evidence and sources.

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Jim Lang
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 by Jim Lang - Mar. 23, 2009

This editorial takes issue with a position of a nuclear waste disposal company and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. It attributes the company's position to greed but fails to address the NRC's rationale, which by law the NRC must provide.

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