nuclear waste

Shannon James writes, "Extracting, processing, and using uranium leaves behind radioactive waste that poses long-term threats to human health and the environment."

The proposed trail would pass by the former Rocky Flats plant, which manufactured fission cores and was shut down following an FBI and EPA raid.

The future is uncertain for a privately owned high-level nuclear waste facility halfway between Hobbs and Carlsbad due to a new state law poised to go into effect June 15.