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Officials Tie Damaged Waste Drum to New Mexico Radiation Leak
A damaged nuclear-waste container, seen on Thursday at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico. Officials tied the cracked storage drum to a February radiation leak that spread contamination to at least 21 workers.
The Energy Department tied a radiation leak in New Mexico to a damaged nuclear-waste drum found in underground storage, the Associated Press reports.
The container -- discovered at the federally overseen Waste Isolation Pilot Plant -- has an unsealed cover and signs of deterioration from high temperatures, officials said on Friday. The finding appeared to confirm recently discussed suspicions that a container from Los Alamos National Laboratory was responsible for the February leak, which spread contaminants to at least 21 workers and forced a halt to normal operations at the facility, writes Global Security Newswire.
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