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December 3, 2011
Source: Cy Ryan (Las Vegas SUN), "State accuses feds of reneging on nuke promises", Las Vegas SUN, December 3, 2011 2 a.m. October 25, 2006 *
Navy rear admiral to manage test site; Talbot will succeed Carlson in January
* 2005-03-25: All roads lead to the Nevada Test Site * 2005-03-22: No regard for Utahns I read with utter amazement U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon's recent call for renewed nuclear testing. A 2002 study conducted by the U.S. government revealed that 15,000 Americans died as a direct result of Cold War-era nuclear testing... Though future tests would not be conducted in the atmosphere, there are risks associated even Ê with underground nuclear detonations. From 1963 to 1992, the Department of Energy has estimated that in more than 40 underground nuclear tests, radiation was detected outside the Nevada Test Site... For him to promote continued testing despite the risks shows that he has little regard for the lives of the Utahns who voted him into office. The United States stands to lose far more in resuming tests than it stands to gain in the tests' deterrent value. * 2005-03-19: Transfer of material to Nevada Test Site delayed * 2005-03-02: Test Site contract up for bid again December 14, 2004 * Test site proposed as backup for printing headquarters December 13, 2004 * Test Site may be center for U.S. documents May 26, 2004>/b> Nevada Test Site - first-responder training site for Homeland Security - 8,000 trainees this year "One of the big programs that we've got going out here is we're training first-responders," he said [Darwin J. Morgan (director, Nevada Test Site)]. This fiscal year, about 8,000 firemen, police officers, emergency medical technicians and others were trained how to respond to a terrorist incident involving radiation. "We've got the facilities out here to be able to bring them in and give them hands-on experience, using controlled radiation sources so that they can learn how to measure it, what they're looking at, how to do the appropriate decontamination," he said. [Source: Joe Bauman (Deseret Morning News), "'Subcritical' tests not same as nuclear tests",Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City), May 26, 2004] May 10, 2003 - Bechtel Jacobs Co. LLC has voluntarily suspended waste shipments from the Paducah site in Kentucky until investigation and corrective action, after two tractor-trailers were found to be slightly more contaminated than DOT regulations allow. The contamination was found on both flatbeds after waste shipments were unloaded at Nevada Test Site. Bechtel spokesperson told Nevada newspaper that source was considered most likely to be some funnel-shaped, 5-foot, hoppers. The hoppers had been decontaminated and an adhesive spray intended to prevent leaching of contamination had been applied to the hoppers before shipment. [Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal, "Radioactive Residue: Inspectors find taint on trucks", May 10, 2003]
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