22 Feb (NucNet): The US Department of Energy (DOE) has made “historic progress” in cleaning up nuclear contamination leftover from the Cold War, reducing the total footprint by nearly 75 percent and permanently cleaning up 690 square miles of contaminated land – an area more than 30 times the size of Manhattan, energy secretary Steven Chu has said.
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US Has Made Historic Progress On Nuclear Cleanup, Says Chu
Source: NucNet
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