For 1st time ever, Utah would take radioactive waste from another country under EnergySolutions proposal
The company wants to import more than 1 million cubic yards of low-level radioactive waste from Canada to its facility in Utah’s West Desert.
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) The EnergySolutions facility near Grantsville on Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025.
Leia Larsen is a sixth generation Utahn and a water and land use reporter reporter for The Salt Lake Tribune. She has covered environment, energy and political issues throughout the West. When she’s not chasing the news, Leia can be found exploring the Wasatch Mountains, sleeping in the desert or rooting around her garden.
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