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Vt. begins shipping radioactive waste to Lone Star state via Brattleboro Reformer

MONTPELIER — Nearly 20 years after the Vermont and Texas Legislatures first agreed to have Vermont ship low-level radioactive waste to the Lone Star State, the first shipments of waste have been made. A 30-gallon drum containing wastes from the … Continue reading

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Republican Donor Simmons Seeks Rule to Fill Texas Dump via Bloomberg

Harold Simmons built a West Texas dump for radioactive waste that is bigger than 1,000 football fields and he can’t fill it. To turn it into a profitable enterprise, the Texas billionaire hired lobbyists to urge the Obama administration to … Continue reading

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