DOE threatens to withhold money for radioactive waste cleanup
Thursday, April 8, 2004
WASHINGTON -- The Energy Department is threatening to withhold $350 million that was to pay for disposal of some of the most dangerous radioactive waste from Cold War bomb-making. First, it says, Congress and state officials must accept a cleanup plan already rejected in court.
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