Navy extends Idaho nuke deal 27 years

[unhappycamper]

Navy extends Idaho nuke deal 27 years
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Jun 6, 2008 11:34:44 EDT

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho — The Navy is extending nuclear operations at the Idaho National Laboratory for at least another 27 years.

Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter announced the agreement, which lasts at least until 2035. The agreement includes assurances that after 2035, Idaho will no longer be a spent fuel repository by default, Otter said.

Kathleen Trever, a consultant to the governor’s office, said the Navy currently has about 25 metric tons of heavy metal in Idaho. After 2035, that inventory would be capped at less than 10 metric tons.

The agreement is an extension of the 1995 court settlement between Idaho and the federal government, said Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.


Article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/ap_navyidaho_060508/

[Tesha]

1. Well, seeing as how it's only had one fatal nuclear reactor accident so far...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaho_National_Laboratory

The Idaho National Lab is the site of the first and
so far, only fatal nuclear reactor accident in the
United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SL-1



Others have dies in other "Criticality accidents", but
these haven't involved nuclear reactors per se.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticality_accident

Tesha

[NYVet]

2. 1 Accident 47 years ago...

Good Lord, you don't see that kind of a record in ANY other industry...