Report examines risk to nuclear containers
By Mary Manning
manning@lasvegassun.com
Las Vegas Sun
AMARGOSA VALLEY -- A 1999 federal study found that anti-aircraft
fire could penetrate a nuclear waste shipping container, but only
a trace of radiation would be released if it did, a Department
of Energy official said Wednesday.
However, the DOE has not studied the threat from a fully fueled
jetliner crashing
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