Defense Low-Level Waste

US Ecology, Feds Differ on Exact Cause of Waste-Site Explosion

By Photo of Exchange Monitor

By John Stang
Federal and internal investigators believe the fatal November 2018 explosion at a US Ecology waste facility in Idaho was the result of an unintended chemical reaction, though they don’t necessarily agree on all details of the event.
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