The release of NIRS' report Out of Control - On Purpose: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste into Landfills and Consumer Products, caused a flurry of media coverage, especially in Tennessee, one of the key locations examined in the report. Demetria Kalodimos of WSMV-TV in Nashville has run several investigative reports on the issue, and received an award for women in radio and TV for the coverage. Watch the videos here. *image courtesy of WSMV-TV

Radioactive waste burial at West Valley, NY…

What do these boxes look like now, over 30 years later?
Where is the radioactivity?