Department of Energy officials haven’t updated an aging plan to fix leaks in tanks holding millions of gallons of highly radioactive waste they’ve known about for decades at a remote facility where many of America’s nuclear bombs were once made.
DOE has suspended construction on a new waste treatment plant intended to dispose of the nuclear waste amid growing concerns over the safety of its present storage system, the Government Accountability Office said.
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