Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing.

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A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making <[link removed]> Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. It didn’t happen. Now they’re trying a new tactic: buying out homeowners to avoid finishing the job. by Mark Olalde and Maya Miller, video by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons and Ed Ou, photography by Ed Ou

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