U.S. Importing 6,700 Tons of Radioactive Sand From Kuwait
--Sand contaminated with DU and lead from U.S. Army base in
Kuwait to be shipped to Idaho 28 Apr 2008 Longshoremen
should finish unloading 6,700 tons of sand contaminated with
depleted uranium and lead Tuesday afternoon, said Chad
Hyslop, spokesman for the disposal company American Ecology.
The BBC Alabama arrived at the Port of Longview (WA)
Saturday afternoon with the 306 containers carrying the
contaminated sand from Camp Doha, a U.S. Army base in
Kuwait. Half of the containers will be loaded onto 76 rail
cars and transported to the company's disposal site in
Idaho. The other half will remain at the port until the
trains return to haul them to Idaho. State Department of
Health personnel are at the port to test radiation levels
and...