http://bit.ly/1zfNXza New Mexico’s state Environment Department slammed the U.S. Department of Energy with more than $54 million in fines on Saturday over numerous violations that led to the indefinite closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. Two compliance orders delivered to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, outline more than 30 state permit violations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The fines are the largest the state has ever imposed on the agency, The Associated Press reported Saturday. Read more: http://bit.ly/1qgRDQS Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
N.M. Slams Feds with $54 Million In Fines for Nuclear Repository Spill and Closure!
http://bit.ly/1zfNXza New Mexico’s state Environment Department slammed the U.S. Department of Energy with more than $54 million in fines on Saturday over numerous violations that led to the indefinite closure of the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository. Two compliance orders delivered to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, outline more than 30 state permit violations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in southeastern New Mexico at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The fines are the largest the state has ever imposed on the agency, The Associated Press reported Saturday. Read more: http://bit.ly/1qgRDQS Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
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