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Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Mar 20, 2014 17:55:53 GMT
CBS : Another radiation release at N.M. nuclear waste dump?AP March 19, 2014, 11:44 AM CARLSBAD, N.M. -- New air sampling data from southeastern New Mexico's troubled nuclear waste dump indicates there has been another small radiation release. Department of Energy officials say a monitoring station picked up elevated radiation readings around the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad on March 11. That's nearly a month after a Valentine's Day leak contaminated 17 workers and shut the only repository for toxic waste from the nation's nuclear bomb-building program. Engineers say they believe the contamination is from previous deposits on the inner surface of exhaust ductwork. Officials say occasional low-level releases are anticipated, but they should be well within safe limits. The plant has been shuttered since early February. Shipments were halted after a truck hauling salt through the repository's tunnels caught fire. Nine days later, the plant's alarms were triggered by the radiation release. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-mexico-nuclear-waste-dump-data-indicates-more-radiation-released/
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