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Weather slows unloading of depleted uranium at EnergySolution

Dec 23, 2009
Deseret News

CLIVE, Tooele County — Blustery weather in Utah's west desert Tuesday slowed the initial unloading of more than 5,400 barrels of depleted uranium slated for at least temporary storage at EnergySolution's disposal facility.

The long-term fate of 3,500 tons of radioactive material that rolled into Utah Sunday night from the U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River nuclear materials processing center in South Carolina is in limbo, pending a safety survey of the waste disposal company's site 75 miles west of Salt Lake City.

Depleted uranium shipment arrives at Utah site

Dec 22, 2009
Salt Lake Tribune

State inspectors will be on hand today as EnergySolutions Inc. begins unloading a trainload of depleted uranium from the federal government's Savannah River cleanup site in South Carolina.

The low-level radioactive waste, which arrived Sunday night, won't be buried just yet, thanks to an agreement hammered out last week between Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the U.S. Energy Department.

Depleted uranium arrives in Clive from S.C.

Dec 22, 2009
Deseret News

The first of three shipments of depleted uranium has arrived via rail at EnergySolutions' facility in Clive, Tooele County.

Company President Val Christensen made the announcement Monday and said the shipment arrived pursuant to the agreement reached late last week between Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and the U.S. Department of Energy, requiring EnergySolutions to put in additional safety measures before burying the material.