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Texas site begins taking federal nuclear waste

Republican mega-donor Harold Simmons' remote hazardous waste dump in West Texas began accepting low-level radioactive material Thursday from a federal lab in New Mexico — the latest step in Simmons' vision of a site that accepts all types of waste.Full story

Smoldering landfill could threaten nuclear waste

Dawn Chapman can put up with the noxious smell caused by smoldering trash in a landfill near her suburban St. Louis home. But if the burning creeps close to buried nuclear waste, she's ready to get out. Full story

Parade permits allow radioactive waste moves

  Radioactive waste is being moved through Richland, Washington, from the nearby Hanford Nuclear Reservation, allowed by the same parade permits as for car shows. KING's Gary Chittim reports.

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  Wa. gov.: Nuclear waste leak possibly 'going on for years'

A tank at a Washington state facility that was for years identified as a "repeat leaker" is still in use. KING's Gary Chittim reports.

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Police officers use a crane to remove anti-nuclear protesters sitting on a platform around a block of concrete symbolising Gorleben nuclear waste repository, during May Day protests in Berlin
Police officers use a crane to remove anti-nuclear protesters sitting on a platform around a block of concrete symbolising Gorleben nuclear waste repository, during May Day protests in Berlin

Police officers use a crane to remove anti-nuclear protesters sitting on a platform around a block of concrete symbolising Gorleben nuclear waste repository, during May Day protests in Berlin, May 1, 2013. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)