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S.C. legislature rejects bid to keep Barnwell open

Journal Article · · Nuclear News
OSTI ID:486239

After much speculation and with both sides of the Barnwell issue in the state legislature claiming they would win, the low-level waste site in Barnwell County, S.C. was to close to generators outside the Southeast Low-Level Waste Compact on June 30, 1994. The bill that would have extended out-of-region access to the LLW site lost in the state House of Representatives by only a small margin.

OSTI ID:
486239
Journal Information:
Nuclear News, Journal Name: Nuclear News Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 37; ISSN NUNWA8; ISSN 0029-5574
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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