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...then can any nuclear nation get rid of the rods? U.S. nuclear plants have temporarily been storing their freshly removed fuel rods in on-site "swimming pools." But 27 years after the first commercial reactor went on line in Shippingport, Pa., no permanent disposal system has been adopted. The pools at America's older reactors are getting crowded, and plant owners as well as the public are becoming worried. Concedes Carl Walske, president of the Atomic Industrial Forum: "The public's chief concern about nuclear energy revolves around the waste problem...
...citizens have been concerned for over a decade about the possible health hazards posed by the Industriplex dump site in northeastern Woburn, which was rated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as the fourth worst toxic waste site in the country...
...Cutler added that department inspectors on November 2 found the Little Company to be using "excellent safety practices" at its newly built toxic chemical laboratory, and in transporting the chemicals to the lab site...
...have denied these figures, but reliable Western intelligence-gathering has confirmed them time and again. Other sticking point in the MBFR--the West's desire to talk about superpower reductions first vs. the East's desire to consider all forces together, and the Soviet's continued resistance to on-site inspections-reflect their deep-seated mistrust of the West...
...Santa Barbara accident, and the technology for plugging an out-of-control well has vastly improved, environmentalists are worried that chronic, low-level oil pollution could be devastating to such rich fishing grounds as the Georges Bank off New England. They also fear that drill rigs off Alaska, a site of suspected major reserves, could be wrecked by errant ice floes, spreading crude oil over the fragile Arctic terrain...