Subject: NucNews 99/11/01-03 Briefs Story-Date: 03:57 a.m. PST Saturday , August 7, 1999 Reply-To: prop1@prop1.org Sender: owner-nukenet@envirolink.org X-Listprocessor-Version: 8.2.07 -- ListProc(tm) by CREN X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by envirolink.org id OAA08016 Please address replies to articles to the original publisher. Please send NucNews copies? Refuting false information appreciated! 1) CTBT/Arms Reduction 2) Depleted Uranium 3) Three Mile Island 4) Hanford 5) Piketon 6) Envirocare 7) Presidential Race 8) Russia 9) Ukraine 10) China 11) Iran 12) North Korea 13) Israel 14) India 15) Pakistan 16) Vieques 17) U.S. Military 18) CIA 19) DOE 20) Canada 21) Brazil 22) South Africa 23) Bin Laden 24) Y2K 1) CTBT/Arms Reduction Albright says U.S. bound by CTBT By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/news/news1.html Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright has written foreign governments to say the United States is legally bound to observe the nuclear test-ban treaty despite the Senate's rejection of the pact. In a letter to selected foreign officials Mrs. Albright said the Clinton administration does not regard the Senate's refusal to approve the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty as the death of the pact despite the convincing vote against ratification. A Way Out Of Nuclear Stalemate By Stansfield Turner Washington Post Monday November 1 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/012l-110199-idx.html The fact that 30 000 nuclear warheads are around in Russia and the United States and that our government has no plan for reducing that number below 20 000 in the next decade should be unacceptable to us as citizens. No military officer could imagine a war that required 30 000 of these warheads. And it is not only costly to maintain them it is dangerous. It tells the world how important we believe these weapons to be even though without them we are still the strongest military power in the world. Test-Ban Perspectives Washington Post Monday November 1 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/003l-110199-idx.html If The Post gives front-page prominence to Rebecca Johnson's criticisms of the U.S. Senate decision on the test-ban treaty it ought to describe her more fully [Oct. 14]… In the 1980s Ms. Johnson was prominent among the Greenham Common Women a group that campaigned in Britain for the rejection of President Ronald Reagan's proposed "zero option or elimination, and tried to stop NATO's deployment of cruise missiles to counter the Soviet SS-20 threat… If the Greenham Women had had their way, NATO would have been undermined, the Soviet hardliners would have been strengthened and the INF deal would have been impossible. Proposed letter to US Cand other Legislators Re H.Res. 82, 74, and 177. As a supporter of the Abolition 2000 movement (now nearly 1400 organizations worldwide calling for a global ban on nuclear weapons, and seeking a total membership of 2,000 by Y2K), Proposition One Committee and the other people signed below believe that Rep. Ed Markey's De-Alert" by Y2K bill (H.Res. 177) is a logical step in achieving abolition of nuclear weapons. Rep. Markey's bill would decrease the danger of accidental launch Y2K and beyond and give the nuclear powers an opportunity to show good faith efforts toward ending nuclear war (hopefully the first step of ending war in general everyone's stated though little-believed ultimate goal). --Rep. Lynn Woolsey's "H.Res. 82 2) Depleted Uranium AT RISK: Soldiers in protection gear during the Gulf War. But the peril of depleted uranium has raised new health fears 3 November 1999 http://www.lineone.net/express/99/11/03/news/n0100splash-d.html According to the Ministry of Defence up to five servicemen have been tested for DU - which is used in armour-piercing shells and bullets - and their results found to be negative. But new evidence seen by The Express shows that just one man - a civilian in the Gulf on an MoD contract - has been tested and that the technology used was not sensitive enough to detect the radioactive metal. 3) Three Mile Island Three Mile Island Suits Reinstated By The Associated Press November 3 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Three-Mile-Island-Lawsuits.html PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A federal appeals court has allowed nearly 2 000 people to revive lawsuits over health problems they blame on the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that a lower court judge erred three years ago when she threw out the cases stemming from the worst nuclear accident in the nation's history. 4) Hanford Hanford workers' health may have been damaged surveys say Wednesday November 3 1999 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS - Seattle Post-Intelligence Novemberr 1999 http://www.seattlep-i.com/local/hanf03.shtml These surveys found more work-related diseases among Hanford workers than we had anticipated, said Dr. Timothy Takaro a professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine. Nuke Site Workers Report Ailments By The Associated Press November 3 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Hanford-Health.html RICHLAND Wash. (AP) -- Hundreds of former Hanford nuclear reservation workers are reporting a number of work-related ailments mostly diseased lungs and hearing loss researchers said. In one of two national medical screening projects 98 percent of 900 construction workers surveyed believed they had been exposed to hazards at Hanford and 86 percent believed their health had been affected. 5) Piketon Piketon's heavy toll Nuclear plant kept risks of contamination from rank and file By Jonathan Riskind Dispatch Washington Bureau Friday October 29 1999 http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/uspillnws.html Managers at southern Ohio's uranium-enrichment plant refused Ken Estep's request for an early-retirement buyout in 1985 when the 42-year-old Piketon man was battling a rare form of liver cancer.When Estep died that Nov. 14 -- his body a gaunt blackened shell -- managers declined to pay his family a pension said his widow Barbara Barker. She said the pension was denied because Estep was about six weeks shy of his 10th anniversary as a truck driver for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Records: U.S. saw region as a pushover Site selection Friday October 29 1999 http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/pickmenws.html Piketon wasn't chosen as the site for a new uranium enrichment plant out of respect for the region's work force. Southern Ohio records show was picked because it was in an isolated area where poor residents and struggling unions wouldn't fight the siting or demand too much money. Safety issues within plant being fixed officials say A former employee and the wife of a worker who died think contamination issues are not being addressed. By Bob Dreitzler Dispatch Staff Reporter Friday October 29 1999 http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/nukeynws.html PIKETON Ohio -- Minor problems that a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission inspection team found at a nuclear-enrichment plant were in the process of being corrected said Morris Brown general manager of the plant at a meeting with NRC officials yesterday. Compensate workers Ohio legislators say Friday October 29 1999 http://www.dispatch.com/pan/localarchive/nukpolnws.html Revelations that Piketon workers were exposed to more dangerous materials than originally suspected has some Ohio members of Congress demanding that those workers be compensated. "There's no question there is a serious problem (at Piketon) . . . and they for sure in my opinion should be included in any kind program forthcoming to deal with the needs of workers '' said Sen. George V. Voinovich R-Ohio. 6) Envirocare Hotter Radioactive Waste for Utah? BY JIM WOOLF THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE Wednesday November 3 1999 http://www.sltrib.com/11031999/utah/43717.htm Envirocare of Utah announced Tuesday it wants to accept low-level radioactive wastes that are far hotter than the material it currently handles. The company submitted a license application to the Utah Division of Radiation Control seeking permission to accept Class B and C wastes. It already has approval to dispose of Class A wastes -- the least radioactive but most abundant of the low-level wastes. 7) Presidential Race Trump on Trade: He'd Represent Attacking Allies Developer Says U.S. Needs Better Negotiator Associated Press Monday November 1 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/050l-110199-idx.html On "Fox News Sunday Trump…took aim at North Korea and China for ignoring U.S. overtures and building nuclear weapons. He branded Cuba's Fidel Castro as absolutely a killer and should be treated as such." 8) Russia Russia Unnerved by Hungary Remarks The Associated Press Washington Post Tuesday Nov. 2 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991102/aponline125439_000.htm MOSCOW Russia is seriously concerned about comments by Hungary's prime minister that the new NATO member would be willing to have nuclear missiles on its territory the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. NATO Concerned Over Chechnya Russian Army Doctrine MOSCOW Nov 3 1999 -- (Reuters) http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=106770 NATO Secretary-General Lord George Robertson said in an article for a Russian newspaper on Wednesday that the military alliance was concerned over Russia's campaign in Chechnya and Moscow's new military doctrine. But he said the alliance wanted to thaw ties with Russia which Moscow largely froze after NATO's air strikes against Yugoslavia this year and which have also been hurt by the alliance's expansion to include former communist states. Russia Fires Warning Shot Over ABM Treaty By Reuters November 3 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/international/international-russia-.html MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has test-fired one of its short-range anti-missile rockets for the first time in six years and a general linked the test to an arms control dispute with the United States Interfax news agency said Wednesday. The launch came amid mounting invective over ABM which Moscow calls the bedrock of the entire arms control process but which Washington wants changed to allow deployment of a new anti-missile defense system. Russians Balk at Opening Nuclear Sites to U.S. Eyes By MICHAEL R. GORDON N.Y. Times November 3 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/europe/russia-crisis-index.html There are a variety of reasons including the frustration of the Russians over restrictions placed on their visits to the U.S. Energy Department's headquarters and laboratories the sheer number of American visitors to the Russian weapons complex and a residual distrust within Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy of U.S. intentions. Another key factor is the influence of Russia's internal security service the FSB no friend of expanded cooperation with the West. Putin Clinton Wrangle On Chechnya Arms Nov 3 1999 -- (Reuters) http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=106553 U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wrangled over the Russian offensive in Chechnya and U.S. plans for a missile defense system in a meeting on Tuesday described as "serious" in tone. In the 50-minute meeting the second between the two leaders Clinton warned Putin that Russia's military offensive in Chechnya threatened to cause increasing civilian casualties undermine world opinion of Russia and turn the opinion of Chechens against it a senior U.S. official said. Russia U.S. Open Nuclear Security Training Center Nov 2 1999 -- (Reuters) http://www.russiatoday.com/news.php3?id=106172 The United States and Russia opened a U.S.-funded nuclear security center on Monday to train Russian officers to guard atomic weapons storage sites and use high-tech detection equipment. Officials hailed the Security Assessment and Training Center in woods northeast of Moscow as a milestone in efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons being stolen and a stark recognition Russia simply could not afford such a base alone. 9) Ukraine Ukraine to Transfer 11 Bombers to Russia to Repay Part of Debt By David Hoffman Washington Post Foreign Service November 2 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/02/065l-110299-idx.html MOSCOW Nov. 1Russia is preparing to obtain three Soviet-era strategic bombers from Ukraine this week the first of 11 planes left behind after the Soviet collapse that now are being traded by Ukraine for forgiveness of part of its natural gas debts to Moscow. Russian air force commander Anatoly Kornukov was quoted by the Interfax news agency today as saying the two Tu-95 Bear bombers and one Tu-160 Blackjack are to be flown in the next two or three days to Russia's bomber base at Engels 520 miles southeast of Moscow. Russian air force commander Anatoly Kornukov was quoted by the Interfax news agency today as saying the two Tu-95 Bear bombers and one Tu-160 Blackjack are to be flown in the next two or three days to Russia's bomber base at Engels 520 miles southeast of Moscow. Ukraine Votes on Its Future Incumbent Communist Likely to Meet in Presidential Runoff By Peter Finn Washington Post Foreign Service Washington Post Monday November 1 1999 http://search.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/158l-110199-idx.html KIEV Ukraine Oct. 31Incumbent Leonid Kuchma appears to be leading a field of 13 candidates in the first round of Ukraine's presidential election and likely will face his closest challenger Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko in a runoff in two weeks… Kuchma onetime head of a Soviet nuclear missile facility presented himself as a centrist who was best placed to secure the country's economic and political integration with the West. 10) China China's Jiang Holds Talks With Algerian Leaders ALGIERS Oct 31 1999 -- (Reuters) http://www.insidechina.com/news.php3?id=105646 China's President Jiang Zemin had one-on-one talks with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and they were later joined by other officials at the start of Jiang's 48-hour visit to Algeria on Saturday… The two countries already cooperate in the use of nuclear technology and have military links. China has also helped Algeria in the building of infrastructure projects. Y2K Is Not Bugging Everyone in China 'We've Seen Worse ' Is Attitude of Many In Face of Possible Computer Disruptions By Michael Laris Washington Post Foreign Service Monday November 1 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/022l-110199-idx.html No matter what happens, railway shipping will not stop, Cui said between the incessant ring of Y2K-related phone calls. "We've already moved from a human-controlled system to a computer-controlled system. It's not like we can't go back. It would just be slower and more difficult." 11) Iran Iran to complete missile testing UPI Updated November 2 1999 http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/u/991102/13/international-maneuvers TEHRAN Iran Nov. 2 (UPI) Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards forces will hold the final stage of military maneuvers next week including the testing of a new missile… He said the testing of the Iranian-made Sayyad-1 surface-to-air missile will be completed during the exercises. 12) North Korea Editorial: The Korean conundrum Toledo Blade October 29 1999 http://www.toledoblade.com/editorial/edit/9j29ed3.htm The Clinton administration's continuing conciliatory stance on North Korea is foolhardy and potentially dangerous. Even as a new report shows that aid to the communist relic cannot be adequately monitored - giving rise to reasonable speculation that it is not being distributed to people in need - the administration is recommending phasing out sanctions. Japan to allow flights to N.Korea UPI Updated November 2 1999 http://webcrawler-news.excite.com/news/u/991102/05/international-norkor TOKYO Nov. 2 (UPI) The Japanese government Tuesday lifted its ban on charter flights to North Korea as a first stage in easing sanctions against the country Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Soichiro Matsutani said. The decision intended to further dialogue between Japan and North Korea over its missile and nuclear development program came despite a rift between senior Japanese defense and foreign ministry officials over whether to follow the direction of the Clinton administration in the United States in dealing with the Stalinist state. 13) Israel A pointed Arrow Jerusalem Post November 3 1999 http://www.jpost.com/com/Archive/03.Nov.1999/Opinion/Article-0.html As world leaders gathered in Oslo to remember Yitzhak Rabin another important boost to world peace occurred in Israel: the success of the first full operational test of the Arrow anti-ballistic missile system. Israel's Missile Killer Declared Operational By Bradley Burston Nov 01 1999 http://www.space.com/news/israel_missile_991101_wg.html JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The U.S.-funded Arrow missile was declared operational by its Israeli manufacturer on Monday after a successful test in which it struck a target missile over the Mediterranean. Israeli officials said the system would not be deployed until next year but was already capable of intercepting and destroying an incoming ballistic missile. In Major Test New Israeli Missile Destroys 'Incoming' Rocket By WILLIAM A. ORME Jr. November 2 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/mideast/110299israel-us-missiles.html The exercise was a critical rite of passage for the joint Israeli-American Arrow II program the only antiballistic-missile defense system under active development with the capacity to demolish warheads high in the stratosphere… The U.S. Congress recently appropriated $42 million for the third battery raising the total direct American contribution to $83 million in the current fiscal year. 14) India Panel to re-examine n-plants for safety The Hindu October 30 1999 http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/1999/10/30/stories/0230000i.htm MUMBAI OCT. 29. India is thoroughly re-examining its own facilities following a recent accident in a private uranium conversion plant in Japan due to violation of regulatory directives and safety imperatives. The Safety Review Committee of Operating Plants (SARCOP) of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) has ruled after examining the details that such an accident is unlikely in India. But it has called for a re-examination of relevant plants as ``a measure of abundant caution and this is being done '' said Dr. R. Chidambaram chairman Atomic Energy Commission. 15) Pakistan Second Pak. n-plant soon October 29 1999 The Hindu http://www.indiaserver.com/thehindu/1999/10/29/stories/03290003.htm ISLAMABAD OCT. 28. Pakistan's second nuclear power plant which is being constructed with the active support of its longtime defence ally China is expected to be operational in the next few months NNI news agency quoted an official of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) as saying. No Timetable to Restore Pakistani Democracy By CELIA W. DUGGER N.Y. Times November 2 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/library/world/asia/110299pakistan-musharraf.html ISLAMABAD Pakistan -- Pakistan's new military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf refused Monday to be pinned down on when he would restore democracy as he faced more than an hour of questions at his first news conference since he seized power in a coup three weeks ago. Though he fielded questions with the ease and finesse of an old political pro the general left no doubt that he was running Pakistan a nuclear power with a population of 150 million and that he alone would decide when the people would be allowed to pick their own leaders again. 16) Vieques Puerto Rico Navy Clash Over Reefs By The Associated Press November 3 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/i/AP-Virgin-Islands-Coral-Reefs.html CHRISTIANSTED U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) -- Puerto Rico accused the Navy Wednesday of conducting bombing exercises that allegedly blow apart endangered coral reefs and litter them with debris. The island government formally complained to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force and requested intervention. While the task force has no legal authority to stop bombings it can mediate and make recommendations… The Navy has conducted live bombing exercises on Vieques an island with 9 300 civilians since the 1940s. But tensions between the local government and Navy boiled over in April when a bomb dropped more than a mile off target killed a civilian guard on the range. Bombs Away -- From Puerto Rico By Manuel Rodriguez-Orellana Washington Post Monday November 1 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/01/013l-110199-idx.html As commander in chief Bill Clinton either will cave in to the Navy or stand up to its obstinate insubordination to civilian authority and human rights. To veto the will of the Puerto Rican people would be no mere exercise of imperial discretion but an act of tyranny. 17) Military Pentagon cutting Guard Reserve By Rowan Scarborough THE WASHINGTON TIMES http://www.washtimes.com/news/news3.html#link The Pentagon is planning a new round of troop cuts for the Army National Guard and Reserve in the face of stiff resistance from Capitol Hill part-time soldiers and within the Pentagon…The proposed move is politically risky for the Pentagon. A number of lawmakers have warned the military against further shrinking of the 550 000-member Guard and Reserve force a powerful voting bloc back home…(T)he proposed new cuts come at the same time that "weekend warriors" of all branches are busier than ever due to Mr. Clinton's policy of injecting U.S. troops into foreign disputes. Ten years ago Guard and Reserve forces performed 1 million "man-days" of service annually. Today they are used at 13 times that rate. USA Today 11/01/99 California Monday November 1 Susanville - Lassen County officials have asked a state agency to investigate the open burning of munitions at Sierra Army Depot. Toxic emissions from the practice may account for the county's high cancer rate the officials said. In a letter to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control county supervisors called for soil water and air testing downwind of the depot and a study of diseases in the county. The request follows reports that the county's cancer rates are double the state average. 18) CIA CIA Budget Disclosure Considered By The Associated Press November 2 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w/AP-CIA-Budget.html WASHINGTON (AP) -- A federal judge is weighing whether to require the Clinton administration to disclose how much it spends on intelligence activities. The CIA wants to keep the number secret. The government disclosed the figures for 1997 and 1998 -- $26.6 billion and $26.7 billion respectively -- but has balked at having to do so again. President Clinton said in 1996 that the total spending level should be public information. 19) DOE Report: October 20 1999 Investigation Team Issues its Final Report on Paducah Additional Corrective Actions Taken In Response http://www.doe.gov/news/releases99/octpr/pr99283.htm The report is available on the Internet at http://tis.eh.doe.gov/portal or by calling DOE's Paducah site office at 270/441-6830. Report: Weapons Lab Lacked Safety The Associated Press Washington Post Tuesday Nov. 2 1999 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/19991102/aponline205719_001.htm OAKLAND Calif. Managers at the weapons labs run by the University of California did not put enough emphasis on security according to a review commissioned in the wake of espionage allegations. The report released Tuesday and written by a special committee of the UC President's Council on the National Laboratories said management took lab security "for granted." More Westerners Harmed by Nuclear Programs May Receive Compensation BY MATT KELLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday November 3 1999 http://www.sltrib.com/1999/nov/11031999/utah/43718.htm We should not add a bureaucratic nightmare to the burden of disease and ill health that these citizens are carrying, said Sen. Orrin Hatch R-Utah the sponsor of the measure now sent to the full Senate for consideration. The bill would expand the list of cancers and other diseases that make the workers eligible for $100 000 government payments. It also would include people who worked in open-pit uranium mines uranium mills and in transporting uranium from 1941-71. Underground uranium miners already are getting compensation. Advances don't end need for radioactive waste site report says Associated Press November 3 1999 http://www.nando.com/noframes/story/0 2107 500052708-500086513-500293411-0 0 0.html (AP) According to an Energy Department report to Congress developing and using a new high-tech process to make some of the nation's radioactive waste less dangerous would not eliminate the need for a national waste storage facility. Furthermore it would take 117 years and $280 billion to complete the waste processing the agency estimated. Known as accelerator transmutation of waste or ATW the high-tech process "could reduce the potential long-term radiation doses from repository wastes by a factor of about 10; however a repository is still required the report issued on Monday said. N.M. issues permit so dump can receive plutonium waste The bulk of Idaho lab's N-trash can now leave state Associated Press, October 28, 1999 http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,125012000,00.html SANTA FE, N.M. The state Environment Department has issued the long-awaited permit for the federal government's underground dump to begin receiving shipments of plutonium-contaminated waste tainted by other hazardous material. The permit, effective in 30 days if not undermined by a legal challenge, clears the way for the bulk of waste now stored at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory to be moved to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant for permanent disposal. Most of that waste has to be processed first. Other nuke sites worse than Paducah By The Associated Press http://www.courierpress.com/cgi-bin/view.cgi?199911/02+paducah110299_news.ht ml+19991102+news Although the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant site contains more radioactive waste than was once believed, federal officials say this country has other, more serious radioactive-contamination hazards to worry about. The U.S. Department of Energy plans to spend three-quarters of its environmental-cleanup budget for fiscal 2000 on projects at the 10 worst nuclear cleanup sites in the nation. Wiping out the past at Rocky Flats By Mark Eddy Denver Post Environment Writer, November2, 1999 http://www.denverpost.com/news/news1102g.htm Nov. 2 - Set in motion by events in Germany 10 years ago, the walls of a former plutonium research laboratory at Rocky Flats came crashing down Monday in what was hailed a major step in the cleanup of the nuclear weapons plant. The former nuclear weapons plant existed solely to feed the Cold War machine, but when the Berlin Wall fell a decade ago, the need for Rocky Flats also came to an end. Nuke Weapons Plant To Be Demolished By The Associated Press November 2, 1999 http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/a/AP-Rocky-Flats-Demolition.html Beginning the final phase of demolition on the 34-year-old site, workers on Monday set upon Building 779, where methods of reprocessing and purifying plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons were developed. The plant west of Denver was shut down in 1989. Demolition began two years ago, when workers emptied the buildings of hazardous chemicals and materials, said Dave Nickless, a Department of Energy project manager. All that was left to tear down on Monday was a shell of concrete bricks that he said had been stripped of all radioactivity. The concrete waste will be stored at Rocky Flats and used as backfill when other buildings, some of which are below ground level, are demolished, he said. Waste contaminated with radioactivity or hazardous chemicals is to be shipped to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, N.M., for long-term storage. Suit could delay shipments from Flats Feds to sue New Mexico over proposed restrictions in permit to bury waste By Berny Morson Denver Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer http://insidedenver.com/news/1102wipp2.shtml Waste shipments from Rocky Flats could be delayed for months as the federal government sues New Mexico over terms of a permit to bury the stuff under the desert near Carlsbad… The legal wrangling could delay shipments a short time to several months