Plutonium storage site safe in South Carolina, feds say

Thursday, June 20, 2002

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Federal documents released following a lawsuit by The Associated Press and other media organizations show the Savannah River Site for long-term plutonium storage is structurally sound and can withstand an earthquake.

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