Wayne County Residents Relieved as Radioactive Waste Shipment Redirected to Texas

Township demands halt to radioactive rock transfer

Residents of both Nairn and Hyman and Baldwin Townships, along with other interested parties, have been fighting with the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Mines for almost a year regarding plans to transport 18,000 cubic metres of niobium radioactive materials to the Agnew Lake Tailings Management Area. Shipments are scheduled to start mid-August of this year.

Wayne County residents relieved as radioactive waste shipment redirected to Texas

After more than a year of fighting, Western Wayne County residents received the news they desperately wanted: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers confirmed that radioactive material from the Manhattan Project, once planned to be shipped to Michigan, is now headed to Texas.

Higher cancer rates linked to WWII radioactive waste in Midwestern creek

A new Harvard study confirms Missouri's Coldwater Creek, which was contaminated with nuclear waste from WWII's Manhattan Project, has increased cancer risk for nearby residents.