Security & Safety Briefs - Sept. 2 - Sept. 8
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- Waste Shipments From Kentucky to Nevada Suspended After Leaks
- Officials Say Terrorists Could Try to Ship Themselves Into U.S.
Waste Shipments From Kentucky to Nevada Suspended After Leaks
Shipments of radioactive and chemical waste from Kentucky's Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant to the Nevada Test Site have been suspended following several incidents involving leaking containers, the Associated Press reported.Bechtel Jacobs, the company overseeing waste management and cleanup at the plant, will pay at least $200,000 in penalties after they had problems with three recent shipments, the Department of Energy said.
A company spokesman said the substance that leaked was absorbent packing material placed around hoppers inside shipping steel containers. In each case, the material leaked on the beds of trucks that were transporting the shipping containers, AP reported.
Officials Say Terrorists Could Try to Ship Themselves Into U.S.
Customs officials said terrorists could attempt to get into the United States by using the same tactic a Cuban woman tried last month: shipping herself inside a create, the Miami Herald reported.The woman, who was found inside the crate at Miami International Airport on Aug. 24, will be allowed to remain in the United States, the Assocaited Press said. The woman had herself shipped from the Bahamas to Miami aboard a DHL cargo plane.
Officials told the Herald that on an average day, it processes more than 1.1 million passengers, more than 57,000 trucks and containers, 580 vessels, 2,459 aircraft and 323,622 vehicles entering the United States. It said it was impossible to check every package, person and vehicle without bringing commerce to a halt.
Earlier this year, a homesick man who shipped himself in a wooden cargo crate from New York to Dallas was fined $1,500 and sentenced to four months of house arrest for being a stowaway. Transport Topics
