IMPACT
Services, a nuclear waste processing company, closed its Oak Ridge
business on Friday, and state officials were at the scene Monday to make sure
the radioactive waste housed there — estimated at 1 million pounds — was in a
safe and secure condition. The Tennessee Department of Environment and
Conservation (TDEC) confirmed the situation. IMPACT does have some staff, including a radiation safety
officer, there and, according to the TDEC, the material is secure and the company is currently trying to
determine what its options are moving forward.
The company told the state that about 60-70 percent of the waste inventory
at the site could be returned to the generators. "f so,it would leave about 400,000 pounds that would need
to be dealt with.
As part of
acquiring its license for housing and processing nuclear materials, IMPACT
Services had to provide finance assurance through a bonding process, so there
will be money available to handle things if the state has to take an active
role in controlling the site. (KnoxNews, 5/21/2012)
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