New Mexico is seeking around $16 million from the Energy Department for its alleged ongoing failure to clean up nuclear waste from the Los Alamos National Laboratory near Santa Fe.
“The continued presence of a large volume of unremedied hazardous and radioactive waste demonstrates a longstanding lack of urgency by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and elevates the risk of waste storage failures,” the state’s environment department said in a statement Wednesday.
The state is seeking to impose about $6 million in civil penalties for hazardous waste violations and about $9.8 million for groundwater standards violations.
New Mexico is ...
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