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CARGO DEBATE * USA - Colorado officials: Yellowcake uranium trucks ‘can go wherever they want’
State says material 'doesn’t really present that much of a hazard'; plans to truck sulfuric acid into Montrose County site
Montrose,CO,USA -The Colorado Independent, by David O. Williams -21 Sept 2009: -- Opponents of a proposed uranium mill in southwestern Colorado near the Utah state line may be relieved to hear that state officials in charge of overseeing the transport of incoming ore and outgoing yellowcake don’t actually consider such things “nuclear materials”... By state statute, uranium ore and processed yellowcake, used to make fuel rods for nuclear reactors, are considered mere hazardous materials and therefore not limited to transportation along the state’s designated nuclear materials routes... Environmentalists looking to stop, or at least dramatically slow, the Montrose County commissioners’ special-use permit approval process for the proposed Piñon Ridge Mill between Bedrock and Naturita in far western Montrose County have fixed on transportation and the potential for spills as a major rallying point... (Photo: Uranium yellowcake and sulfuric acid would be carted along I-70 in Colorado)Labels: dangerous cargoes
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