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ENS 5155018 November 2015 23:00:00Agreement StateTruck Containing Low Level Waste Radioactive Material OverturnedAt approximately 1800 EST on 11/18/2015, the Maryland State Police responded to an overturned truck on route I-81 in Washington County, MD. The truck departed Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station en route to Oak Ridge, TN. Maryland Department of Environment responded to the site with radiation detectors and the hazmat team. The radioactive material was classified as low level waste and contained within the vehicle. The radiation levels on contact were very low, and at 1 meter, radiation levels were at background levels. The State Police closed the road for accident reconstruction.