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Atomic Wastes To Be Buried in New Mexico
Salt beds in southeastern New Mexico are identified by federal experts as a potential permanent dump for atomic waste. Sandia Laboratories reports promising test results from two deep drill holes despite discovered toxic gas. If chosen, a 25 million dollar pilot plant would be built by 1980, with a permanent facility costing up to 60 million.
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Carlsbad
N.M
UPI
New Mexico
Sandia Laboratories
Clyde Walker
Sandia
Wendell Weart
Hanford Atomic Works
Richland
Wash
Atomic Energy Commission
Energy Research and Development Administration
Lyons
Kan
ERDA
Weart