Gordon Challenges Energy Company on Nuclear Waste
U.S. Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Murfreesboro) recently challenged an effort by the Utah-based public corporation EnergySolutions to import 20,000 tons of nuclear waste from Italy to be disposed in Tennessee.
Gordon said in a release this week, “Tennessee should not be the dumping ground for nuclear waste around the world.”
In addition to the challenge from the Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Technology, EnergySolutions will have 30 days to answer questions by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Gordon concluded, “The waste would get all the way to Tennessee before it is determined if it meets federal requirements. Do we really want to transport 20,000 tons of foreign nuclear waste across Tennessee?”
The Mufreesboro Daily News Journal echoes Congressman Gordon’s suspicions and supports his efforts to “let Europe take care of its own nuclear waste.”
