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Washington's Hanford Site and New Mexico's White Sands Missile Range both hold deadly nuclear contamination – along with unspoiled landscapes rich in wildlife.
by David Wolman,
May 17, 2010
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Westerners have a knack for new and innovative thinking, such as: Redefining rancher politics, A rediscovered renewable, Creating public nooks and crannies and more.
by Marty Durlin, Ray Ring, Sandra Tassel, Sarah Gilman, Terray Sylvester, Jennifer Anderson ,
Mar 13, 2009
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Louisiana Energy Services, a European-based company,
breaks ground on the first uranium enrichment facility in the U.S.
near Eunice, N.M.
by Laura Paskus,
Oct 16, 2006
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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico
may begin taking hotter waste if the state carries out plans to
relax regulations
by Laura Paskus,
Apr 03, 2006
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The designation of a new wilderness area in Utah –
the Cedar Mountain Wilderness -- may make it harder for nuclear
power plant operators to ship radioactive waste to the Skull Valley
Goshute Indian Reservation
by Matt Jenkins,
Mar 06, 2006
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Recently released e-mails show that federal employees
falsified information about the safety of the proposed nuclear
waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nev.
by J.M. McCord,
Apr 18, 2005
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Cape Cod’s opposition to a proposed offshore wind
farm sounds crazy to Westerners, who would gladly exchange nuclear
waste dumps, coal mines and gas wells for some renewable
energy
by Joshua Zaffos,
Mar 07, 2005
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Yucca Mountain’s 10,000-year safety standard is
ruled arbitrary by a federal court, but the Energy Department
remains determined to open the site as planned
by Ryan Slattery,
Aug 16, 2004
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The European-owned company LES wants to produce nuclear
fuel near Eunice, N.M., but has yet to come up with a plan for
storing the highly toxic, radioactive byproduct
by Jodi Peterson,
Feb 16, 2004
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The White Mesa Ute Reservation near Blanding, Utah, is
fighting a nearby International Uranium Corporation mill that some
say is really a poorly disguised hazardous waste dump
by Rosemary Winters,
Feb 02, 2004
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