First waste removed from ex-nuclear power barge in Texas

GALVESTON, Texas — Officials say the first load of radioactive waste has been removed from a World War II-era Liberty ship converted to a barge-mounted nuclear reactor that was towed to a Galveston shipyard for scrapping. The Galveston County Daily News (http://bit.ly/1PHtYTG ) reported Saturday that the first waste from the former USS Sturgis was […]