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YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) - The federal government says it likely will miss the deadline to open a multi-billion-dollar nuclear waste treatment plant, delaying cleanup of highly radioactive materials leftover from a site that made Cold War weapons.
The Energy Department, which already has delayed the project three times at the Hanford nuclear reservation, halted construction on major portions of the plant last month amid skyrocketing costs stemming from a seismic study.
The study found the government had underestimated the impact a severe earthquake could have on the treatment plant, which is the federal government's largest construction project.
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