Utah Senate advances bill to accept depleted uranium in Utah

The Utah Senate took another step Wednesday toward allowing EnergySolutions to accept shipments of depleted uranium at its radioactive waste landfill near Grantsville in Tooele County.Senators voted 23-6 to advance HB220, which signals state support for the company to take large amounts of a kind of low-level radioactive material that grows more hazardous over time.EnergySolutions, based in Salt Lake City, is vying with competitors to take shipments of depleted uranium from government facilities