EnergySolutions Gets $80,000 Fine for Handling Hotter Waste Than Allowed

摘要

State regulators have imposed an $80,000 fine on Utah-based EnergySolutions for handling waste that is more radioactive than its license allows. The Utah Radiation Control Board levied the fine after EnergySolutions buried 23 containers of low-level radioactive waste that exceeded standards set by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The company reported the violation on its own last December after it discovered the waste had been accepted at its Clive, Utah, low-level radioactive waste landfill.