SALT LAKE CITY — Republican U.S. Senate hopefuls Tim Bridgewater and Mike Lee have staked out opposing views on the importation of foreign nuclear waste during a debate.
Bridgewater said on Friday's KCPW-FM debate that he's opposed to the importation of foreign nuclear waste, while Lee said he would only support a ban if his law firm's client were allowed to dispose of waste from Italy's shuttered nuclear power program in Utah first.
Lee is an attorney representing Utah-based EnergySolutions Inc. in its bid to dispose of about 1,600 tons of Italian waste at its disposal site in the state's west desert.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has said he doesn't want the Italian waste in Utah, but Lee contends Utah has no right to keep it out simply because it originated in a foreign country.
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