Today's Technology Cleaning Up WWII Waste

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Story Published: Feb 10, 2009 at 7:45 PM PDT

By Chelsea Kopta

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RICHLAND -- A thumbs up is always good. But around one of the most highly radioactive sites it's a life saver.

"We're working some of the kinks out but so far it looks promising."

Those workers are signaling dirt in the excavator is clear of spent nuclear fuel. They know that because of new technology called CRATER.

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