Word: closedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Ray closed the site after a spot check revealed that three of nine trucks carrying waste into her state were violating safety procedures. The site, she said, would remain closed until officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department of Transportation--the agencies charged with hazardous materials transportation...
In Washington, a NRC spokesman still had no comment. But everyone agrees the situation is serious: the only other possible site--located in the wilds of Beattie, Nevada--is closed to new customers. "If you haven't shipped to it before," said an Interex spokesman, "you can't start now...
The state of Massachusetts was ready for any crowd. More than 1000 policemen, with 7000 more security forces in the downtown area guarded a common cordoned off with hundreds of blue barrels and bedecked with banners. Subways ran at rush hour frequency for much of the day, and several thoroughfares...
Coddington said the University will delay shipments of waste, adding that it will make other arrangements if the site remains closed for a longer period.
The site will remain closed until Ray feels that the NRC "meets up with its responsibilities," Terrence R. Strong, director of the radiation and occupational health section in Washington's department of social and health services, said last night.