Energy department resumes toxic waste cleanup at Livermore Lab

The Department of Energy agreed to resume toxic waste cleanup at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the Environmental Protection Agency announced. The site is listed as one of the most contaminated Superfund sites in the country, due to pollutants left from 1940s military operations and nuclear research. Marylia Kelley, executive director of Tri-Valley CAREs, expressed relief, saying, "It is absolutely critical for the community's health and safety that this toxic and radioactive mess at the Livermore lab main site gets cleaned up in a timely manner."