Energy and Environment

Crews enter troubled nuclear waste dump

By Associated Press
Published April 3, 2014 4:00am ET
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Crews enter troubled nuclear waste dump
A truck hauls a shipment of nuclear waste from Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, N.M. (AP Photo/Los Alamos National Laboratory) | AP

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. — Officials say crews have made their first trip into the federal government’s underground nuclear waste dump since a release of radiation in February contaminated 21 workers.

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