Serving the High Plains

Borehole test project abandoned

‘I feel that it has only been pushed back,’ says resident.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday it is abandoning a test meant to determine whether nuclear waste can be buried far underground. That’s because of changes in budget priorities, the agency said.

But the plan’s critics and supporters, at...

 
 
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