Commentary: Stop the big giveaway to EnergySolutions

Only a full Senate vote now stands in the way of EnergySolutions’ $1.72 million grab.This huge fee abatement comes at a time when EnergySolutions is aggressively pursuing a proposal to bring 700,000 tons of depleted uranium to the state of Utah. Depleted uranium is a unique nuclear waste stream whose radioactivity ramps up over time, growing more and more radioactive for millennia. Unlike most radioactive materials, which become less hazardous as they decay, depleted uranium can grow to be