Mining to resume at nuke waste dump for 1st time since leak
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) " Officials at the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository are flipping the switch on an interim ventilation system this week, allowing mining to resume for the first time since a 2014 radiation release contaminated part of the facility.Still, they caution it will take a few years and cost hundreds of millions of dollars before the flow of air is enough to meet the pace of operations before the leak.Bruce Covert, president of the contractor [...]
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