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On May 31 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., the Nevada Field Day and Ag Expo will bring the northern Nevada community together to celebrate many aspects of farming, food production and science at University of Nevada Reno’s Valley Road Field Lab and Greenhouse Complex.

In February, Colorado Legacy Land announced that as a company it was insolvent and would no longer be able to maintain, monitor or guard the former Cotter uranium mill and Superfund site.  Working together, the Colorado Department of Health and Environment and Environmental Protection Agency took two actions: 1) EPA went into an “interim work […]

Holtec and state agencies will use the same lab to test wastewater at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station.

Governor Laura Kelly has proclaimed January as Radon Action Month in Kansas.

For the first time, ProPublica cataloged cleanup efforts at the country’s 48 uranium mills, seven related processing sites and numerous tailings piles.

This extensive report was produced by ProPublica writers by Mark Olalde, Mollie Simon and Alex Mierjeski. In the American government’s rush to build its Cold War nuclear arsenal, safety was sacrificed for speed.

For the first time, ProPublica has cataloged cleanup efforts at the 50-plus sites where uranium was processed to fuel the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind.

Even after regulators say uranium cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind.

Holtec International will seek an amended permit to discharge radioactive wastewater from the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station into Cape Cod Bay, Senior Compliance Manager David Noyes told members of the