Environmental Law
Nuclear Proliferation Foe Joseph Egan Dies
Posted 15 hours, 6 minutes ago
By Molly McDonough
Nuclear engineer-turned-lawyer Joseph R. Egan, the man who led Nevada's legal campaign to block a nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain, died of gastroesophageal cancer May 7. He was 53.
An obituary posted on his firm's website notes that before his death, Egan arranged for his ashes to be spread at Yucca Mountain, in southern Nevada, with the words "radwaste buried here only over my dead body."
Egan's wife, Patricia, confirmed to the Chicago Tribune that his family intended to honor his wishes.
The Tribune notes that legal challenges waged by Egan's firm, Egan, Fitzpatrick & Malsch, helped set back the Energy Department's project at Yucca by years.
A Minnesota native, Egan earned three… Continue reading...
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