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SALT LAKE CITY -- EnergySolutions will be cited in connection with radioactive waste it accepted in December that exceeded levels of radioactivity permitted at its Clive facility.
Rusty Lundberg, executive secretary of the Utah Radiation Control Board, said he will issue the notice of violation to the company, as well as fines.
EnergySolutions notified state regulators in December when shipments contained waste above the Class A waste criteria, according to the division. It then reviewed the data and confirmed that 15 shipments with 23 containers exceeded the radioactivity permitted for disposal at Clive.
"The company did report the problem to us and has worked with (the division) to resolve these errors," Lundberg said.
The company regularly conducts analysis on all waste disposed at its Clive facility, including software monitoring. Lundberg said it was through routine analysis that the issue was discovered and then self-reported.
Four waste generator companies, as well as NASA, were cited in connection with the waste.
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