Worrisome shipments of mislabeled radioactive waste never passed through Utah before they arrived in Nevada, Gov. Gary Herbert assured concerned environmental groups through a letter on Tuesday.
He added that he and key state agencies are notified any time that “dangerous and highly sensitive radioactive wastes travels through Utah.” Another state official says that occurs once or twice a month, and emergency, transportation and public safety officials are also notified.
Environmental activists said the letter from Herbert was only a partial response to concerns they raised last week, and that it sidestepped other concerns about controversial plutonium shipments to Nevada and a request that Herbert join the governors of Nevada and New Mexico to strongly oppose moving spent nuclear fuel rods for storage in their states.