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Article: DOE faces waste problem of nuclear proportions. (cancellation of US. Dept. of Energy Waste Isolation Pilot Plant)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- November 5, 1993
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WASHINGTON - "Here we have an example of independent regulation (of radioactive nuclear weapons waste disposal programs) working," said Don Hancock of the New Mexico-based Southwest Research Information Center.
He was referring to the recent government cancellation of a $1.2 billion nuclear waste storage safety test on materials to be stashed 2,000 feet down a still-empty Carlsbad, N.M., salt mine.
The Clinton Department of Energy recently reversed a Bush administration plan and ordered the testing done in laboratories instead.
This is the second bold step for Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary, say nuclear ban advocates. She earlier had ...