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Tribes press government to clean up nuclear waste

Tribes press government to clean up nuclear waste

KDBC News Associated Press – May 26, FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – Two American Indian tribes are pressing the federal government to clean up an area where they say medical, uranium and other radioactive waste was dumped and has been contaminating the land and groundwater.

The Navajo and Hopi tribes say their pleas to have the waste materials from two sites near Tuba City, Ariz., taken off tribal land have been ignored.

The Hopi Tribe filed a notice of intent to sue the federal government last week over the cleanup.

On Tuesday, the Navajo Nation filed a motion to intervene in a 2007 lawsuit the owner of the mill brought against the federal government……………..

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May 28, 2009 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues, USA | antinuclear, indigenous, nuclear, nuclear costs, nuclear wastes, radioactive