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Review: Nuclear weapons site’s groundwater, soil cleanup working

By Washington Examiner

Published January 15, 2014 5:00am ET

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Review: Nuclear weapons site’s groundwater, soil cleanup working — This Sept. 4, 1992 file aerial photo provided by Pantex shows the U.S. Department of Energy's Pantex Plant near Amarillo, Texas. Actions to clean up soil and groundwater contamination at the nationâs only nuclear weapons assembly and disassembly plant are proving effective and the effort will continue for years, according to the first five-year review of the Superfund site. (AP Photo/Pantex, File) | Uncredited

LUBBOCK, Texas — The effort to clean up soil and groundwater contamination at the nation’s only plant for assembling and disassembling nuclear weapons has been effective so far and will continue for years, according to the first five-year review of the site.

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