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Doge Cuts Could Wreck The Cleanup Of Wartime Nuclear Waste At Hanford, Wa. [1]

"Hanford made the plutonium for US atomic bombs, and its radioactive waste must be dealt with. Enter Elon Musk"

Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Natural Resources [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Northwest (OR WA) [11]
Source: Guardian [12], 05/20/2025
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"Trump Administration to Fast-Track Permits for Utah Uranium Mine" [13]

"The Interior Department said it would fast-track the permitting process for a uranium mine in Utah as part of President Trump’s plan to shorten environmental reviews and speed the construction of certain types of energy projects." "An environmental review of the project, known as Velvet-Wood, would normally take roughly a year. The government says it will complete the process in two weeks."

Chemicals [14]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Environmental Studies [16]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Natural Resources [4]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [18]
Source: NYTimes [19], 05/14/2025
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"Trump Tightens Control Of Independent Agency Overseeing Nuclear Safety" [20]

"The Trump administration has tightened its control over the independent agency responsible for overseeing America's nuclear reactors, and it is considering an executive order that could further erode its autonomy, two U.S. officials who declined to speak publicly because they feared retribution told NPR."

Economy & Business [21]
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Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [22], 05/12/2025
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"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [23]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
People & Population [26]
Pollution [6]
Waste [7]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: Sierra [28], 05/08/2025
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New Jersey Wildfire Forces Evacuations, Reaches Closed Nuclear Power Plant [29]

"A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey forced thousands of people to temporarily evacuate on Tuesday, as officials warned the blaze could become the largest in the state in about 20 years."

Climate Change [24]
Disasters [30]
Environmental Health [2]
Forests [31]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
People & Population [26]
Public [9]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [32]
Source: Guardian [33], 04/24/2025
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"Radioactive Shadow Workers" [34]

"The treatment of oil and gas field waste is a dirty industry’s dirtiest secret"

Chemicals [14]
Climate Change [24]
Energy & Fuel [15]
Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [25]
Environmental Politics [3]
Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Nuclear Power & Radiation [5]
Pollution [6]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [27]
Source: Sierra [28], 04/01/2025
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"Uranium Waste Threatens A Western New Mexico Region's Last Clean Aquifer" [36]

"Near the western New Mexico town of Grants, the toxic legacy of Cold War uranium mining and milling has shattered lives, destroyed homes and created a contamination threat to the last clean source of groundwater for an entire region"

Chemicals [14]
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Environmental Health [2]
Environmental Justice [25]
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Infrastructure [35]
Laws & Regulations [17]
Military [38]
Natural Resources [4]
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People & Population [26]
Pollution [6]
Water & Oceans [8]
Public [9]
National (U.S.) [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [39]
Source: Searchlight New Mexico [40], 03/20/2025
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New Angle for Reporting on Oil and Gas Industry — Radioactive Waste [41]

Industry experts and government regulators have long known that radionuclides reside in oil and natural gas. Yet radioactive emissions and waste continue to threaten the lives of workers and community members across the country. Investigative journalist Justin Nobel on the opportunities and urgent need for reporters to drill into a story steeped in questions of accountability, health and justice.

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Atomic Detectives Who Inspect Iran Sites Are Affected by Trump Aid Freeze [57]

"The president’s halt of foreign aid upended two U.S. programs that help the International Atomic Energy Agency find clues about Iran’s drive to build atomic bombs."

Disasters [30]
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National (U.S.) [10]
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Source: NYTimes [59], 03/11/2025
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"Supreme Court Takes Up Nuclear Waste in Texas" [60]

"The case could establish the nation’s first independent repository for spent nuclear fuel in West Texas, despite the objections of state leaders."

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Source: Inside Climate News [61], 03/07/2025
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