Safety of US Nuclear Weapons Plants Debated

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Laura Knoy reports from Washington on new report by the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Safety that US nuclear weapons plants are often accident-prone and poorly run. The study comes amid debate over the department’s restructuring of the nuclear waste cleanup process.

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