Energy Dept. Rad Waste Shipments to NNSS Violated Site’s Acceptance　Criteria, Nev. Gov. Says

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The Department of Energy acknowledged Wednesday that for six years it sent nuclear weapons waste to the NevadaNational Security Site in violation of its waste acceptance criteria.The agency confirmed the information the same day Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) made it public in a press release.Senior DOE officials including Lisa Gordon-Hagerty, head of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), briefedSisolak and members of Nevada’s congressional delegation in Las Vegas on Tuesday, according to the governor’s pressrelease.