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Air Force hopes to stick California city with radioactive waste dump
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Sep 17, 2013
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Air Force hopes to stick California city with radioactive waste dump
The Air Force is trying to get rid of tons of radioactive dirt on a defunct military base outside Sacramento. Trouble is, no facility in California is licensed to dispose of it. So the Air Force is planning to build a radioactive waste dump on the base.
Steve Mayer is the Air Force's remediation program manager for the old McClellan base. The Air Force is planning to bury radioactive waste on the site it is supposed to be cleaning up, bypassing state environmental regulations because it is currently on federal land.
Steve Mayer is the Air Force's remediation program manager for the old McClellan base. The Air Force is planning to bury radioactive waste on the site it is supposed to be cleaning up, bypassing state environmental regulations because it is currently on federal land.
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The Air Force is trying to get rid of tons of radioactive dirt on a defunct military base outside Sacramento. Trouble is, no facility in California is licensed to dispose of it. So the Air Force is planning to build a radioactive waste dump on the base.

The Air Force is trying to get rid of tons of radioactive dirt on a defunct military base outside Sacramento. Trouble is, no facility in California is licensed to dispose of it. So the Air Force is planning to build a radioactive waste dump on the base.

Katharine Mieszkowski of The Center for Investigative Reporting has the story.