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Containers of radioactive waste at the Waste Control Specialists' dump in Andrews, Texas.

As Energy Secretary, Rick Perry Would Have Radioactive Conflicts

As governor, Perry did favors for a nuclear waste company formerly owned by a top donor. Will he do the same on a national stage?

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A plan for radioactive waste burial is so bad even some TCEQ staffers think it should be killed. Fat chance.

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