BENNET, HICKENLOOPER, CURTIS, HURD WORK TO PRESERVE GRAND JUNCTION URANIUM DISPOSAL SITE, AVOID SPENDING MILLIONS TO SHIP WASTE

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Michael Bennet issued the following press release:

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet joined U.S. Senators John (D-Colo.) Hickenlooper and John Curtis (R-Utah), as well as Representative Jeff Hurd (R-Colo.), to introduce the bipartisan Responsible Containment Reauthorization Act to keep Colorado's only long-term uranium disposal site open, avoiding millions of taxpayer dollars in additional costs and ensuring community safety. The Grand Junction disposal site will initiate shutdown procedures this year unless Congress acts.

"The Responsible Containment Reauthorization Act will support Western Colorado as the region continues to clean up low-level radioactive materials," said Bennet. "Currently, the Grand Junc...