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Committee advances bill to ban certain low-activity radioactive waste from class 2 and 3 landfills
Summary
House Bill 5923 would define low-activity radioactive waste and prohibit its disposal in Michigan class 2 and 3 landfills, lower allowable radionuclide thresholds for specific isotopes and require testing, reporting and radiation safety programs; township officials and residents warned of high volumes of out-of-state waste arriving at local landfills.
Jackson Paul, legislative director for Representative Miller, told the committee that House Bill 5923 would create a statutory definition for low-activity radioactive waste and ban its disposal in class 2 and class 3 landfills in Michigan; he said the bill also lowers numeric thresholds for radionuclides such as radium-226 and radium-228 and would require…
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