Lawmakers celebrate as judge blocks Manhattan Project waste dumping in Wayne County

By: Kyle Davidson

Outlets: Michigan Advance

Published: May 29, 2026

Words: 438

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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On Wednesday, a group of southeast Michigan communities secured assurance that they would not be host to thousands of cubic tons of waste from sites used to develop the atomic bomb in World War II.

Judge Kevin J. Cox of the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County issued an order granting a permanent injunction blocking Wayne Disposal Inc. from receiving radioactive waste from a storage site in Lewiston, New York, as well as any …

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