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The Cold War’s toxic legacy: Costly, dangerous cleanups at atomic bomb production sites

Seventy-five years ago, in March 1943, a mysterious construction project began at a remote location in eastern Washington state. Over the next two years some 50,000 workers built an industrial site occupying half the area of Rhode Island, costing over US$230 million – equivalent to $3.1 billion today. Few of those workers, and virtually no one in the surrounding community, knew the facility’s purpose.

https://theconversation.com/the-cold-wars-toxic-legacy-costly-dangerous-cleanups-at-atomic-bomb-production-sites-90378

Before the US approves new uranium mining, consider its toxic legacy

https://theconversation.com/before-the-us-approves-new-uranium-mining-consider-its-toxic-legacy-91204

To slow climate change, the US needs to address nuclear power’s dismal economics

https://theconversation.com/to-slow-climate-change-the-us-needs-to-address-nuclear-powers-dismal-economics-90003