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July 28, 2017

Cleanup plan for NYC radioactive site

NEW YORK (AP) —The federal government has announced its plan to clean up a Superfund site in New York City where radioactive material was once processed to develop the world's first atomic bomb.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that the $39 million job will force out businesses on a Queens block contaminated with radioactive waste. Protective measures have been in place since 2012.


 
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