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Federal Waste Facility Opens in Permian Basin

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Waste Control Specialists' storage site in Andrews County, TX. (Waste Control Specialists)

A federal facility set to take much of the nation's low level radioactive waste has opened in Andrews County, in the Permian Basin. The 90 acre site is set to bury the Department of Energy's low level radioactive waste, including materials from the Manhattan Project, which developed the US's first atomic bomb. Megan Detrie and KMID report.