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Is cat litter to blame for nuke dump leak?

By Associated Press, Jeri Clausing
Published May 23, 2014 4:57pm ET
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Is cat litter to blame for nuke dump leak?
FILE - This April 2, 2014 file image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows workers underground inside the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant facility in Carlsbad, N.M., for the first time since the Feb. 14 radiological release. Workers at a West Texas nuclear waste disposal site are closely monitoring containers from Los Alamos National Lab, Tuesday, May 20, 2014, a day after New Mexico officials announced a type of kitty litter is believed to have caused a radiation leak at the federal government's troubled nuclear waste dump. (AP Photo/U.S. Department of Energy, File) | AP

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The investigation into a February radiation release from the federal government’s underground nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico has turned to a seemingly unusual suspect: cat litter.

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