Plan for Resumed Plutonium Production Threatens National Park

Production of Plutonium 238 -- a substance so radioactive that a speck can cause cancer -- will occur near Idaho Falls, upwind of Grand Teton National Park.

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June 27, 2005, 12:00 PM PDT

By Michael Dudley

"Federal officials say the program would produce a total of 330 pounds over 30 years at the Idaho National Laboratory, a sprawling site outside Idaho Falls some 100 miles to the west and upwind of Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming. Officials say the program could cost $1.5 billion and generate more than 50,000 drums of hazardous and radioactive waste...[critics point out that] the production effort is a potential threat to nearby ecosystems, including Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and the area around Jackson Hole."

Thanks to Michael Dudley

FULL STORY: U.S. Has Plans to Again Make Own Plutonium

Monday, June 27, 2005 in The New York Times

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