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Nuclear waste transports from Canada to South Carolina site resume
Casks containing high-level liquid radioactive waste are being shipped again by tractor-trailer between Chalk River, Ont., and Aiken, S.C.
The controversial shipments began this spring after a federal court rejected several environmental groups' attempts to block them but stopped for a while after safety issues arose at the Savannah River Site processing plant that was receiving them.
The U.S. Department of Energy approved a safety evaluation in July, and the shipments started again, a citizens advisory board was informed Monday in South Carolina.
The waste contains radioactive isotopes left over from medical uses in Canada.
Read more: http://buffalonews.com/2017/09/27/n-waste-transports-canada-s-c-resume/