County in Southeastern Utah has a Radioactive Target on its Back

By Zak Podmore — In the early 1980s, southeastern Utah was targeted as a potential dump site for high-level nuclear waste, the kind that comes from nuclear reactors. The Department of Energy considered storing 8,000 tons of this highly radioactive material near Canyonlands National Park, boosting the idea as spurring “nuclear tourism.” Who wouldn’t want […]

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