Feds cleaning radioactive remnants from Oppenheimer's A-bombs in NYC
The feds are cleaning up Robert Oppenheimer’s mess on Staten Island, removing radioactive remnants of the atomic bombs that ended World War II from a former uranium storage site.
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The feds are cleaning up Robert Oppenheimer’s mess on Staten Island, removing radioactive remnants of the atomic bombs that ended World War II from a former uranium storage site.
Lawmakers and environmental experts say the plan doesn't address chronic flooding in the region from sea level rise and more intense storms.
The city has regained its lost private-sector jobs, but the new jobs don’t pay as well as the old ones, and middle-income New Yorkers are struggling.
So far, no one has been found in the water, according to sources.
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