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February 28, 2014

13 Workers at New Mexican Nuclear Waste Dump Exposed to Radiation 
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In news from New Mexico, authorities have confirmed 13 employees were
exposed to radiation during a recent leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot
Plant, nation's first underground nuclear waste dump. Authorities did
not give details on the level of contamination detected. The radiation
leak was detected on February 14, but it is still not known what caused
it.

 

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