Liquid nuclear waste shipments on Upstate NY roads could start in September

BUFFALO — Truck shipments carrying high-level liquid nuclear waste over the Peace Bridge and along highways in Western New York en route to a South Carolina processing facility could start as early as September.

A route through Central New York is also considered to be a possible path for the shipments.

A lawsuit that seven environmental organizations filed this week against the U.S. Department of Energy in federal court in Washington, D.C., aims to stop these "mobile Chernobyls on steroids."

"It is terrifying for us to hear that the government is willing to endanger the lives of so many by the shipments of this highly dangerous liquid radioactive waste through our community and those of others," said Lynda Schneekloth, chair of the Sierra Club's Niagara Group.

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