“There is no question that Illinois generally and Chicago specifically would see a high volume of [nuclear waste] traffic if the nation opts for centralized interim storage facilities. We’re not merely at risk, we’re the bullseye.”
-- Dave Kraft, Executive Director of the Nuclear Energy Information Service in ChicagoA June 2012 study [PDF] by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory using spatial modeling suggests that northern Illinois would be among the top possibilities [...]
NUCLEAR SAFETY (420 ILCS 20/) Illinois Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Act [...]
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