Dumped Uranium to Be Shipped to Washington
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RUPERT, Ida. — Sixteen tons of low-level radioactive uranium recovered from the Snake River, where it was dumped in a tractor-trailer accident, will be stored in Idaho until it can be shipped to a facility in Washington, officials said Tuesday. Crates containing the uranium were taken to the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory near Idaho Falls.
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