By Associated Press
11:12 AM CDT, April 11, 2010
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emergency responders in northeast Tennessee have been told about plans to ship defense-related radioactive waste along Interstate 81 for the first time, starting next year.
The Greeneville Sun reports that officials from the U.S. Department of Energy held a briefing in Greene County about the shipments that will start in July 2011.
Volunteer firefighters and other emergency responders were shown trucks and special containers that will be used.
The radioactive waste is to be sent from a DOE facility near Pittsburgh to the DOE's Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, N.M.
The route extends southbound through East Tennessee.
Information from: The Greeneville Sun, http://www.greenevillesun.com/
