LV Sun: Probe sought after (nuke) waste leak (NV-bound waste)

[stopbush]

Just in case you thought shipping your state's nuke waste to Yucca Mt wasn't a problem, think again.

Today: August 23, 2004 at 11:12:16 PDT

Probe sought after waste leak

Truck was headed to Nevada Test Site

By Suzanne Struglinski

SUN WASHINGTON BUREAU

WASHINGTON -- Leaking sand from a truck moving radioactive waste from an Energy Department site closed an Arizona highway for about 45 minutes earlier this month, prompting Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano to call for an investigation.

A truck hauling radioactive material from Paducah, Ky., to the Nevada Test Site starting leaking a kitty-litter type substance as it made its way across Arizona on Aug. 15. The westbound lanes of Interstate 40 in northern Arizona were closed until hazardous-materials personnel determined that the leaking material was not radioactive.

Napolitano wrote Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham that she has "deep concerns" about the leak and wants it investigated.

http://lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2004/aug/23/517387937.html

[aquart]

1. Yeah, he'll get right on it.