Nevada Politicians Push DOE for Info on Uranium Transport Plan http://news.yahoo.com/nevada-politicians-push-doe-uranium-transport-plan-150209553.html Global Security Newswire Staff 16 July 13
Governor Brian Sandoval in a July 12 letter to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz noted that “I have received no official communication from your office” regarding the Nevada chief executive’s previous request for a meeting “and now write again to request this important meeting as soon as possible.”
Sandoval is concerned about an Energy plan to lower the budget for a program that financially supports states’ supervision of radioactive waste activities.
Nevada could see its oversight funding reduced by 30 percent or approximately $300,000 under the initial DOE budget plan, according to Nevada Conservation and Natural Resources Department Director Leo Drozdoff.
Energy plans to transport 403 containers filled with weapons-usable uranium from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to Nevada, which objects to the planned transfer.
