Article: Oak Ridge, Tenn., Incinerator to Receive Toxic Waste.

By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, Tenn. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Nov. 15--OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--The state has given the U.S. Department of Energy the green light to ship toxic waste to Oak Ridge from around the nation over the next couple of months.

The waste could be burned starting early next year at the Oak Ridge incinerator. The federal facility currently is shut down for maintenance.

According to correspondence between DOE and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, the waste will come from at least eight states from New York to Hawaii. Most of it contains polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) as well ...

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