Cotter negotiates uranium contamination cleanup

Published March 14, 2014 2:21pm ET



CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) — Cotter Corp. is negotiating ways to finish cleanup of 15 million tons of radioactive uranium tailings while it copes with two recent contamination spills, leaving residents concerned about the quality of their groundwater.

Final cleanup options being considered by state and federal officials include removal or burial of the waste.

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