Just in case you missed it, here's a New York Times piece by the great Dan Barry. This is a monster of a project and really should be read in more than one sitting, but it's well worth the time. It will break your heart:
One of the most environmentally dangerous places in the country is about a mile north of where I live. Tons of radioactive waste remain at a site in West Valley, a small community in Western New York. A plant there was the only commercial nuclear fuel reprocessing facility ever to operate in the United States
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