Colorado Contemplating Stricter Environmental Standards

On word that Cotter Corporation, an uranium mills superfund site in Colorado is planning to reopen in 2014 to crush 500,000 tons of uranium per year; state senators, department of public health and environmental groups have teamed up to propose that state environmental standards be tightened. A couple of key points to the proposed initiative are that environmental cleanups should be completed before new waste is accepted; and that mill sites notify residents of contamination within 1 mile radius of the site. If this measure is passed, it may set precedence on nuclear and mill sites under President Obama’s administration energy initiative goals to increase the number of nuclear reactors, therefore most likely more waste to contend with.