Radioactive waste from the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II is coming to Wayne County. In September, thousands of tons of the toxic material will be hauled to the Republic Services facility in Van Buren Township.
The radioactive waste is coming from Niagara Falls, one of the sites of the Manhattan Project. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers held several public meetings in Western New York to discuss the clean-up process and transport of the radioactive material to the landfill on I-94 and Belleville Road.
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Source: CBS News
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