# Radioactive waste
Marissa Newby
America's Nuclear Waste Storage Problem
Nuclear power is a controversial topic. It provides us with clean energy, but to some it also means there is a risk of an accident or natural disaster that could effect the health and well-being of Americans in 35 states at 80 different processing and power-production facilities.
2022-04-12
Matt Whittaker
Environmentalists: Regulate uranium mill owned by Colo. company as “radioactive waste dump”
A sign warns of radioactive material at Lakewood-based Energy Fuel's White Mesa uranium mill in Blanding, Utah.Matt Whittaker/NewsBreak Denver. (Lakewood, Colo.) A new report from a western conservation group calls for increased oversight of a Utah uranium mill owned by Lakewood-based Energy Fuels, which blasted the study as "unscientific hogwash."
Lakewood, CO2022-03-18
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Marissa NewbyMarissa, a graduate safety practitioner and paramedic, has been writing and editing fiction and non-fiction work for 15 years. She delivers researched and sourced news concerning world events, public health, public safety and emergency management.
Matt WhittakerMatt Whittaker writes about natural resources industries, including oil and gas, mining, renewable energy, agriculture and cannabis. He's been based in the Denver metro area since 2013. You can follow him on Twitter @mattswhittaker.