New Mexico OKs reopening troubled nuclear dump

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico regulators have approved restarting normal operations at the nation’s only underground nuclear waste repository, a major step for U.S. officials aiming to reopen the facility nearly three years after a radiation leak.
Two letters obtained Thursday by The Associated Press outline the state Environment Department’s findings from a recent inspection of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Regulators found two minor permit violations but say those ha