DOYLESTOWN (AP) _ The operator of two Bucks County landfills says it is suspending plans to dump radioactive sludge from the Limerick Nuclear power plant until public concerns can be addressed.
Waste Management officials say the company is responding to public reaction to the plan following news reports in the Bucks County Courier Times.
The company planned to accept 750 tons of sludge containing radioactive Cesium-137 and Cobalt-60 at its Falls and Tullytown landfills.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission health physicist Betsy Ulrich says the "extremely small quantities" pose "extremely small risk" to the public. Department of Environmental Protection official David Allard says no increased risk of radiation exposure exists even for truckers and landfill operators handling the material.
The Tullytown Council says it will fight any plans to dump radioactive waste.
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