Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons site

Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons site

  • April 17, 2018
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Blowing in the wind: Plutonium at former nuclear weapons site

The contamination events went on for nearly 12 months, getting progressively worse before the project was halted in mid-December. Now, state health and environmental regulators, Energy Department officials and federal safety investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong and who is responsible.

Source: latimes.com

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