New Mexico: International Isotopes, Inc. proposes fluorine gas plant near Hobbs

See full Associated Press article, “Idaho Firm Proposes Fluorine Gas Plant Near Hobbs” at http://www.newswest9.com/Global/story.asp?S=11854857

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The proposed 640-acre, $93 million facility “would produce fluorine gas used in medical equipment and solar panels…”

“The plant would produce fluorine gas from uranium tails created during nuclear enrichment… the facility could handle about 25 percent of the 80 million pounds of depleted uranium tails produced annually nationwide.”