$4.4bn cleanup turns Ohio’s Fernald uranium site into wetlands and forest

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The Fernald uranium plant in Ohio stopped production in 1989 after nearly four decades of operations. A $4.4 billion environmental cleanup followed, involving radioactive waste, contaminated soil and groundwater.

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