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• a  having an atomic number greater than 92

• The fires never came close to a building that holds drums of transuranic mixed waste and a metric ton of plutonium.

News & Articles

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• Radioactive waste operations halted at Oak Ridge facility after fire scare
  Operations remained shut down Monday at the Department of Energy’s Transuranic Waste Processing Center following an overnight fire scare.
  June 25, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel
• Fire reported at DOE nuclear waste facility
  OAK RIDGE - A fire was reported shortly before midnight at the Department of Energy's Transuranic Waste Processing Center off Highway 95 west of Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  June 24, 2013 - Knoxville News Sentinel

Quotes

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• Lawrence Wasden in LocalNews8.com
  Today's plan satisfies the requirements of Judge Lodge's 2006 decision by requiring the removal of transuranic waste from Idaho, consistent with the court's direction to protect worker safety,Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said....