What the GAO nuclear waste map does NOT show
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This map is a fascinating and important image as it does NOT show the many sites of (ongoing) nuclear radiation contamination in communities impacted by uranium extraction and processing. For example, the Navajo Nation has around 270 unreclaimed open pit tailings piles. This is not official "waste" but is quotidian waste that creates longstanding environmental harm.
Abschließende Gesundheitsuntersuchungen zum Störfall Hoechst von 1993, durchgeführt von der TNS Healthcare GmbH.