Nuclear waste and contamination reports from the archives | 60 Minutes Full Episodes

From 2006, Stahl’s visit to the site along the Columbia River in Hanford, WA., where waste left over from the production of nuclear weapons is stored. From 1991, Harry Reasoner’s report on allegations that the federal Government deliberately put civilian employees at risk by underestimating the health hazards associated with working at its nuclear weapons plants. From 1994, Stahl’s report on how the same giant corporations who were responsible for radioactive waste now have government contracts to clean it up. From 2002, Lesley Stahl’s report on the failure to construct secure vessels and storage facilities for 90 million gallons of liquid nuclear waste -- some of which is leaking - despite having already spent billions on the effort. From 2004, Steve Kroft’s report on the controversy over the U.S. Government’s decision at that time to move massive quantities of radioactive waste from temporary storage facilities to Nevada for permanent burial under Yucca Mountain. From 2014, Bob Simon’s visit to Chernobyl. And also from 2014, Simon’s report on the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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