https://ktvo.com/news/coronavirus/cleanup-of-us-nuclear-waste-takes-back-seat-as-virus-spreads

The U.S. government`s efforts to clean up Cold War-era waste from nuclear research and bomb making at federal sites around the country has lumbered along for decades, often at a pace that watchdogs and other critics say threatens public health and the environment.

Now, fallout from the global coronavirus pandemic is resulting in more challenges as the nation`s only underground repository for nuclear waste finished ramping down operations Wednesday to keep workers safe....