The calciner has burnt over 1.4 million gallons of high-level waste in its lifetime. The fact that it has been running all these years is bad enough, but what is really tragic is that for all the 18 years it should have been permitted and monitored by the state and EPA and to this day it has not been permitted. Teaming with the group are activists from Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free. They have pledged to use the national attention they garnered from a recent victory to stop a proposed incinerator from being built. It is extremely worrisome to me we have a level of sickness and different types of illnesses here that are above the norm.
Government denies health links Officials deny any link between the calciner and health.
Independent scientists have confirmed those findings, he said. Although it was upgraded in 1982, the incinerator has never received a permit from the state of Idaho or the Environmental Protection Agency. DOE officials said that is because the facility was built prior to the drafting of environmental regulations. Too hot to handle Two weeks ago the calciner exceeded what would be the permitted limit of oxides of nitrogen emissions were it covered by regulations. It went over the limit by 10 pounds per hour.