In shaping the proposal the Department of Health reached out to the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois to help make a determination of what is safe for landfill workers. The new plan would allow larger landfills to accept radioactive waste with a permit.
Health Department Proposal Revises Policy on Storage of Radioactive Oil Field Waste
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