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Landfill No Longer Receives Radioactive Waste
Landfill Asked State To Remove License
POSTED: 2:48 pm CDT September 20,
2007
UPDATED: 4:12 pm CDT September 20,
2007
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- A Murfreesboro landfill can no longer accept low-level radioactive waste, according to the Murfreesboro Post.The Post reported that the Department of Environment and Conservation has taken away Middlepoint Landfill's license to receive the waste.Middlepoint had previously asked the state to do so.An I-Team investigation uncovered the radioactive dumping that had gone on unnoticed for almost 20 years.After those reports, state and local leaders called for a ban on the dumping.
Previous Stories:
- August 20, 2007: Local Landfill Bans Radioactive Waste
- August 16, 2007: Processors Speak Up About Middlepoint Landfill
- July 25, 2007: Radioactive Waste Fight Takes New Turn
- July 24, 2007: Radioactive Waste Records Kept From Public
- July 17, 2007: Some Question Location Of Landfill Meeting
- July 12, 2007: Audit May Answer Questions In Radioactive Dumping
- July 12, 2007: Radioactive Dumping Meeting Set For Tuesday
- July 4, 2007: Officials To Meet Regarding Radioactive Dumping
- June 28, 2007: Another State Joins Radioactive Dump Fight
- June 14, 2007: Radioactive Dumping Regulations Analyzed
- June 13, 2007: Senate Shortens Radioactive Dump Moratorium
- June 12, 2007: House Passes Moratorium On Radioactive Dumping
- June 7, 2007: 'Tenn. Loophole' Used For Radioactive Dumping
- June 6, 2007: Officials Push To Stop Radioactive Dumping
- May 31, 2007: State To Hold Public Meeting Regarding Radioactive Dumping
- May 21, 2007: Congressman Calls For EPA To Investigate Dumping
- May 15, 2007: Rep Says Radioactive Dumping 'Unacceptable'
- May 14, 2007: Radioactive Dumping Occurs In Rutherford County
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