Plan To Store High-Level Nuclear Waste In Utah No Longer Happening

Plan To Store High-Level Nuclear Waste In Utah No Longer Happening
KUTV Dan Sheldon (blog)
He said the recession has hit Midwestern Utilities hard, so they no longer want to pay the millions of dollars needed to push the project forward—the project which planned to store high-level nuclear waste on Goshute Reservation in Utah's West Desert.http://www.kutv.com/news/top-stories/stories/vid_3380.shtml

PFS Shelves Utah Nuclear Waste Project www.breakbulk.com Private Fuel Storage has given up its plans to build a waste facility for spent nuclear fuel rods in Utah. Though it had leased the land in southern Utah, it was not able to secure necessary approvals from the Department of the Interior. The U.S. will ...http://www.breakbulk.com/nuclear/pfs-shelves-utah-nuclear-waste-project-0108

Idaho Governor Underscores Commitment to Keep Nuclear Waste Out of Idaho Northwest Public Radio When the LINE Commission released its preliminary report last month, it included revisiting Idaho's 1995 agreement with the federal government that caps the amount of nuclear waste allowed to be shipped to Idaho. Governor Otter downplayed the ...http://www.nwpr.org/post/idaho-governor-underscores-commitment-keep-nuclear-waste-out-idaho

Idaho Governor Underscores Commitment to Keep Nuclear Waste ... BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter underscored his commitment Monday to keeping more spent nuclear waste from entering Idaho. Otter created ... earthfix.opb.org/.../idaho-governor-underscores-commitment-...