Radioactive saga at Cleveland plant finally coming to an end

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Crews are currently removing radioactive cobalt-60 contamination from the former Advanced Medical Systems facility in Cleveland. This cleanup effort addresses hazardous materials left behind decades after the plant ceased operations. The remediation project marks the final stage of decommissioning for the site, which has remained a long-standing environmental concern for the local community.

QuoteCLEVELAND, Ohio – It's been decades since Advanced Medical Systems stopped processing cobalt-60, a radioactive isotope used in cancer-treating devices. But only now is the contamination left inside the former plant in the South Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland finally being cleaned up. Over the past week, crews with Partners Environmental...

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