Heller Rages Over NNSA Plan to Store Defense Plutonium in Nevada

Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) this week demanded the Department of Energy conduct additional environmental reviews before sending any defense plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site from the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C.
In December 2017, a federal judge…

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