New Mexico advocates urge feds to move barrels of radioactive waste amid wildfire risk

By: Patrick Lohmann

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: August 11, 2026

Words: 625

Last Updated: 6 days, 14 hours ago

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A group of New Mexico advocates unveiled a billboard near Santa Fe on Tuesday that urges the federal Department of Energy to quickly move dozens of barrels full of radioactive waste away from wildfire danger to relative safety underground.

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The group, known as Fire on the Mountain, said the billboard along Interstate 25 near Cienega is aimed at stopping the Energy Department from fighting a New …

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