In a nod to Oppenheimer's legacy, US officials vow to prioritize cleanup at nuclear lab

Independent federal investigators say the price tag for cleaning up waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory is rising and federal officials need to do more to track costs and progress of the $7 billion effort.

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