Company storing radioactive waste in Denton faces state action
State health officials recently notified a Denton company that it is violating state rules with the continued storage of radioactive material.
After sending the violation notice to U.S. Radiopharmaceuticals, the Texas Department of State Health Services followed with an unusual step: a court hearing Dec. 11 in Austin.
Agency officials asked a state administrative law judge to hear its case “in the interests of justice and in providing respondent with due process,” wrote Stacy McLarty, assistant general counsel for the agency.
USR owns two manufacturing plants in Denton that have been closed since 2009. One plant is on Shady Oaks Drive. The other is on Jim Christal Road. Before the plants closed, scientists manufactured radioisotopes, including those that can help diagnose disease and treat cancer.
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