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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo, radioactive waste, sealed in large stainless steel canisters, is stored under five feet of concrete in a storage building at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry is pledging to expedite the removal of weapons-grade plutonium his agency secretly shipped to Nevada last year, beginning in 2021. Perry said in an April 24, 2019 letter to Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, made public on Tuesday, April 30, that DOE intends to complete the removal of one-half metric ton (1,102 pounds) of the highly radioactive material from Nevada by the end of 2026. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo, radioactive waste sealed in large stainless steel canisters is stored under five feet of concrete in a storage building at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. Nevada and South Carolina are jostling for a home-field advantage of sorts in a federal court battle that could result in a metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium being stored 70 miles from Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo, radioactive waste sealed in large stainless steel canisters is stored under five feet of concrete in a storage building at the Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. A federal court hearing will go forward as scheduled in Reno, Nev., next week on the state's attempt to block the U.S. Energy Department's plans to ship plutonium from South Carolina to Nevada. U.S. District Court Judge Miranda Du cited "the urgency of the matter" in denying the agency's request to postpone the hearing scheduled Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)

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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry stands with the main cyrogenic heat exchange as he speaks with reporters at Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG liquefaction Project facility in Lusby, Md., Thursday, July 26, 2018. The completion of the facilities export expansion project makes it just the second LNG export facility in the U.S. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, with the main cyrogenic heating exchange behind him, speaks with reporters at Dominion Energy's Cove Point LNG liquefaction Project facility in Lusby, Md., Thursday, July 26, 2018. The completion of the facilities export expansion project makes it just the second LNG export facility in the U.S. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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The Energy Department says Nevada's new bid defies its early claims that moving the radioactive material poses a threat to public health and the environment.

Nevada seeks to restart lawsuit over US plutonium shipment →

Despite vows the shipments are safe, the Energy Department recently announced it will review all radioactive waste packaging and shipping after a Tennessee contractor revealed it may have mislabeled low-level nuclear waste - including such things as contaminated equipment and workers' clothing - that was sent to Nevada over six years.

Has tech made it safer to move nukes? Depends whom you ask →

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