Truck Shipments
of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
from Fernald Ohio
Leaked Liquid
December 16, 1997 --- Press Release: Nuclear Waste Project Office: "Truck Shipments of Low-Level Radioactive Waste from Fernald Ohio Leaked Liquid
December 16, 1997 --- Press Release: Senator Richard Bryan blasts DOE for shoddy, dangerous shipments of low-level radioactive waste following DOE announcement of leaking transportation canisters in Nevada and Arizona.
December 17, 1997 --- Shipments of a waste liquid from Fernald, Ohio, did not threaten the public, a DOE spokesman says. By Keith Rogers, Las Vegas Review-Journal
December 19, 1997 -- Senator calls for safer routes for nuke waste, press account (Las Vegas Sun)
December 19, 1997 --- Letter from Governor Bob Miller to the Honorable Federico Pena, Secretary of Energy.
January 28, 1998 --- Letter from Energy Secretary Federico Pena to Governor Bob Miller.
(The Secretary's letter explains DOE's approach to assessing the cause of the Fernald low-level radioactive wastes "Leakage" incident -- several attachments are also included with the letter.)
March 13, 1998 -- "State Review Comments — Type B Accident Investigation Board Report [12/15/997] Leakage of Waste Containers near Kingman, Arizona."
Letter from Robert R. Loux, Agency For Nuclear Projects to David R. Kozlowski, DOE/Ohio
March 24, 1998 -- Press Release, Governor's Office — "Nevada review of DOE report finds public safety concerns go unaddressed"
April 1, 1998 -- Letter from David R.Kozlowski, DOE Fernald to Robert R Loux, State of Nevada NWPO.
(This is DOE's response letter to the
State of Nevada's Comments
on the Type B Investigation Report)
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