Health Hazards at Yucca Mountain

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Workers building the country’s proposed nuclear waste storage site say Yucca Mountain is already a danger even before any radioactive waste arrives. The workers say they were exposed to hazardous silica dust during years of tunnel digging. Jeff Young’s investigation finds evidence that energy officials took little action although they knew the dust exposures were well above safety limits.

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