A state-by-state look at nuclear waste sent to South Carolina landfill

Hanford News

published Friday, November 2nd, 2007

The Associated Press

A state-by-state breakdown of how much nuclear waste, in cubic feet, went to South Carolina’s low-level landfill in fiscal year 2006-07:

Alabama: 3,855

Alaska: 0.5

Arizona: 545

Arkansas: 56

Army, outside U.S.: 11

California: 1,106

Connecticut: 2,202

Delaware: 8

D.C.: 9

Florida: 254

Georgia: 488

Hawaii: 37

Illinois: 3,477

Indiana: 0.7

Iowa: 4

Kansas: 114

Kentucky: 27

Louisiana: 404

Maine: 465

Maryland: 314

Massachusetts: 377

Michigan: 1,174

Minnesota: 66

Mississippi: 773

Missouri: 119

Nebraska: 205

New Hampshire: 426

New Jersey: 843

New Mexico: 0.3

New York: 1,352

North Carolina: 733

Ohio: 547

Oklahoma: 0.8

Pennsylvania: 1,812

South Carolina: 4,892

Tennessee: 1,047

Texas: 396

Vermont: 524

Virginia: 5,422

Wisconsin: 3,357

Source: U.S. Department of Energy


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