Nuclear-Dump Plan for Reservation Is Rejected
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From Times Wire Reports
The Interior Department has rejected a plan to create a nuclear waste stockpile on the Goshute Indians’ Skull Valley reservation, about 50 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) said the decision killed a proposal to store 44,000 tons of spent fuel rods on the reservation.
“To me, it’s a great day for Utah,” Hatch said.
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