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"Analysis Triples U.S. Plutonium Waste Figures" [1]

"The amount of plutonium buried at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington State is nearly three times what the federal government previously reported, a new analysis indicates, suggesting that a cleanup to protect future generations will be far more challenging than planners had assumed."

Matthew L. Wald reports for the New York Times July 10, 2010. [2]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: NYTimes [2], 07/12/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/analysis-triples-us-plutonium-waste-figures [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/science/earth/11plutonium.html [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81