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Flooding and nuclear waste eat away at a Tribe’s ancestral home

Flooding and nuclear waste eat away at a Tribe’s ancestral home

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A stockpile of nuclear waste from a power plant next to their reservation, which the federal government reneged on a promise to remove in the 1990s, has tripled in size. It comes within 600 yards of some residents' homes.

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A stockpile of nuclear waste from a power plant next to their reservation, which the federal government reneged on a promise to remove in the 1990s, has tripled in size. It comes within 600 yards of some residents' homes.

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