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WASHINGTON, June 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said on Friday. The DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the New Mexico-based facility for disposal of defense-related radioactive nuclear waste, were hit in the attack, which was first reported on Thursday. Data was "compromised" at the two DOE entities after hackers breached their systems through a security flaw in the file transfer tool...

ANDREWS - This small West Texas town grew its economy on oil but may hang its hopes on what some folks believe is their next boom: storage and disposal of radioactive waste. Dallas-based Waste Control Specialists owns 14,400 acres about 30 miles outside town near the New Mexico border. About 1,340 acres are set aside for hazardous waste storage and disposal, and the company will manage tons of federal uranium byproduct waste by year's end.

By Suzanne Struglinski <suzanne@lasvegassun.com>SUN WASHINGTON BUREAUWASHINGTON -- Nuclear waste destined for Yucca Mountain will still move through the Las Vegas Valley, as an Energy Department plan to use a rail route through Caliente won't prevent its shipment through the state's most populous region, state officials claimed. The Energy Department plans to ship most of the waste to the proposed nuclear waste storage site at Yucca, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas via train, including a new rail line to be built in Lincoln County. In a 120-page document sent to the Energy Department May 25, the state attempted to make...