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Nuclear Waste Storage in Utah!
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Clive Storage Facility (Energy Solutions) In 1990 Energy Solutions was permitted to treat and dispose of Class A low level radioactive waste (LLRW) and mixed low level radioactive waste (MLLRW) Uses what is called a secure landfill which consists of 24 inch thick layers. The layers are made of clay, gravel, soil, rock and a polyethylene liner. Voids between barrels are filled with a grout-like material. When containers arrive they are not opened due to the high radiation, instead they are removed from their shipping casks and placed into cement containers
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Radioactive Waste Cleanup in Utah! Energy Solutions is also involved in the cleanup of a uranium mine site in Moab Utah. Waste slurry from the processing of the uranium was left in an unlined pool adjacent to the Colorado. Tailings were also left behind as a result of the mining of the uranium and that is what is polluting the Colorado. Energy Solutions is involved in moving 16 million tons of these tailings 30 miles north of the site for permanent disposal by the DOE.
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