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Goshute water problems criticized

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JUNE 27, 2001

Foes of a plan to store highly radioactive nuclear waste on the Skull Valley Goshute Reservation in Utah point to the tribe's problems with its water system as evidence the site would be unsafe.

But a spokesperson for the consortium which has signed a lease with the tribe says the worried are unfounded. Private Fuel Storage, not the tribe, will manage and operate the facility.

The Environmental Protection Agency has been supplying bottled water to reservation residents (there are about 30) because the local supply is contaminated with health-threatening levels of bacteria. The EPA has been pushing the tribe to clean up the system, saying Chairman Leon Bear has been unresponsive.

Bear says the problems have been cleared up.

Get the Story:
Toshutes' Water Problems Deepen N-Waste Concerns (The Salt Lake Tribune 6/27)

Relevant Links:
Utah Office of High Level Nuclear Waste Opposition - http://www.eq.state.ut.us/HLW/Hlw_opp.htm
Private Fuel Storage Facility Application, Nuclear Regulatory Commission - http://www.nrc.gov/OPA/reports/pfs.htm
Private Fuel Storage - http://www.privatefuelstorage.com
The Skull Valley Goshutes - http://www.skullvalleygoshutes.org

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