Climate change poses risks to US radioactive sites through extreme heat, drought, fires, and floods.

Climate change increases risks to US sites with radioactive material, including research labs, military facilities, and power plants. Extreme heat, drought, longer fire seasons, and intense rainstorms threaten sensitive sites, some housing decades of radioactive waste, and others performing critical defense research. Wildfires and flooding near these locations could disrupt operations and pose health risks.

May 25, 2024
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