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"Tight Budgets Threaten Pace of Cleanup at Paducah Nuclear Fuel Plant" [1]

The cleanup of radioactive contamination at the massive Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky faces a major delay, even as contaminated groundwater continues to escape the 5.5-square mile property, likely reaching the Ohio River. One problem: money.

James Bruggers reports for the Louisville Courier-Journal February 14, 2011. [2]

Nuclear Power & Radiation [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: Louisville Courier-Journal [2], 02/15/2011
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/tight-budgets-threaten-pace-cleanup-paducah-nuclear-fuel-plant [2] http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110213/NEWS01/302130030/Tight-budgets-threaten-pace-cleanup-Paducah-nuclear-fuel-plant [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