Moratorium sought in Utah on depleted uranium

SALT LAKE CITY

“Utah is vulnerable,” said Christopher Thomas, public policy director of the group.

Depleted uranium is classified as the least dangerous type of low-level radioactive waste and has been disposed of for 18 years at the EnergySolutions Inc. facility in the Utah desert 70 miles west of Salt Lake City.

However, the material is different than other low-level waste because it becomes more radioactive over time for hundreds of thousands of years.

AP