Dive Summary:
- Environmental groups in California have stated that state regulators are letting low-level radioactive waste enter landfills that are not licensed to accept nuclear material.
- Debris from six buildings which housed California's Santa Susana Field Laboratory, where the nation's first nuclear meltdown occurred, is being transported to municipal landfills and recycling facilities.
- Consumer Watchdog and the Center for Race Poverty and the Environment may seek a court order against the state if it doesn't stop the removal of the plutonium fuel fabrication building on the jointly owned Boeing and NASA site.
From the article:
...state officials insisted that the demolition and disposal of buildings has been legal and safe.
They [state officials] said demolition of the plutonium building won't occur until it is reviewed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Officials from the state Department of Toxic Substances Control said in a statement they are still reviewing the group's claims and would comment more fully later.
