• Home
  • News
    • Politics & Government
    • Business & Economy
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
  • Sports
    • High School Sports
    • Radio Iowa Poll
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support Page
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters

Radio Iowa

Iowa's Radio News Network

You are here: Home / Fires/Accidents/Disasters / Group warns of trouble with nuclear waste transport

Group warns of trouble with nuclear waste transport

October 4, 2001 By admin

An environmental watchdog group stopped in Des Moines this week to draw attention to shipments of nuclear waste that will travel through the state. Deb Katz says Interstate-80 is one route likely for radioactive waste from the East Coast to proposed dumpsites in Nevada or Utah. She says they estimate eight thousand shipments of dangerous waste will come through Iowa.Katz is director of “CAN,” the Citizens Awareness Network, and says she knows the casks used to carry nuclear waste are supposed to be tough. But she says tests have shown they’re not as strong as they should be.And Katz says even the special containers don’t completely protect passersby from radiation from nuclear waste that could be trucked down Iowa highways.She says you get the equivalent of a chest x-ray if you’re six to ten feet away from a cask.Jane Majors of Des Moines appeared with the group at Wednesday’s protest, and said some people would like to go a step farther than stopping the transport of waste, and simply ban any future nuclear plants. Then, she says, there would be no more radioactive waste created from their spent fuel.

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: Fires/Accidents/Disasters

Featured Stories

Final employee who was there at the launch of the Iowa Lottery to retire

No more USPS mail in Iowa prisons; inmates to get copies of mail

State officials warn of influx of fake prescription drugs laced with fentanyl

‘Brain-eating amoeba’ discovered in Taylor County lake

Cedar Rapids therapist’s relationship with student leads to years in prison

TwitterFacebook
Tweets by RadioIowa

Northern Iowa’s Farley touts new practice facility

First minor league game gets things started tonight at Field of Dreams site

Knoxville set to host sprint car racing’s biggest event

Iowa State basketball builds on its identity

Vance provides leadership for ISU defense

More Sports

eNews and Updates

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Archives

Copyright © 2022 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC