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ProPublica investigative reporter discusses cleanup at uranium sites

A sign at the old Kerr-McGee uranium mill site in Grants, N.M., warns of radioactive material. This week, the Justice Department announced a $5 billion settlement against the mining company to pay for the cleanup of toxic sites the company left across the U.S. over a period of more than eight decades.
Susan Montoya Bryan
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A sign at the old Kerr-McGee uranium mill site in Grants, N.M., warns of radioactive material.

ProPublica investigative reporter Mark Olalde shares how, for the first time, ProPublica has cataloged cleanup efforts at more than 50 sites where uranium was processed to fuel the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Even after regulators say cleanup is complete, polluted water and sickness are often left behind. Olalde will share ProPublica’s findings in his new report titled, “The Cold War Legacy Lurking in U.S. Groundwater.”

Co-host of KPCW's This Green Earth.
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