Umbrage has been duly taken. On the afternoon of July 3 Energy Department Deputy Secretary Daniel Brouillette called Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak to let him know the department may have been mistakenly shipping unstable nuclear material to the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) monthly for a dozen years. Mixed low-level radioactive waste — which must be protected … [Read more...]
South Carolina: Moving plutonium belies Nevada claim of risk
By Scott Sonner Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s demand for the U.S. government to remove weapons-grade plutonium that was secretly trucked to a site north of Las Vegas last year contradicts its claim that moving radioactive material is dangerous, according to lawyers for South Carolina, where the shipment originated. South Carolina and the U.S. Energy … [Read more...]