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EPA grants preliminary approval to use radioactive material in Florida road pilot project

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has given preliminary approval for the use of materials containing radioactive radium in a Florida road project called “experimental.” The EPA announced Wednesday that it will give Mosaic Fertilizer, LLC permission to use a material called phosphogypsum on several sections of roadway on the company's property. Phosphorgypsum contains radium, which […]

New Mexico regulators worry about US plans to ship radioactive waste back from Texas

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal officials on Tuesday commemorated the 25th anniversary of the nation’s only underground repository for radioactive waste from decades of nuclear research and bomb-making in southern New Mexico. gathered at. The waste isolation pilot plant, located outside Carlsbad, is carved out of an ancient salt formation about a half-mile (800 meters) […]

Radioactive waste and DDT detected off Los Angeles coast

Thousands of rotting barrels littering the ocean floor off the coast of Los Angeles may contain radioactive waste, an alarming new study has revealed. Researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara initially thought the barrels contained the toxic pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, but research published Wednesday shows that the barrels contain tritium and carbon dioxide. New […]